Against the Odds The Heroes of Tarawa (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Against the Odds

The Heroes of Tarawa (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Everything went wrong in America's first test of whether the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the key steppingstones to the doorstep of Japan, could be captured by across-the-beach infantry assaults.

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
John Wukovits Self - Pacific War Historian Self - Pacific War Historian See fewer	Pacific: The Lost Evidence (2005)
Roger Colby Self - 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines Self - 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines See fewer	Against the Odds (2014)
Edward L. Bale Jr. Self - 1st MAC Tank (as Edward 'Ed' L. Bale Jr.) Self - 1st MAC Tank (as Edward 'Ed' L. Bale Jr.) See fewer	Against the Odds (2014)
William Steele Sr. Self - 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (as William 'Bill' Steele Sr.) Self - 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (as William 'Bill' Steele Sr.) See fewer	Against the Odds (2014)
William L. Jefferies Self - 1st Battalion, 6th Marines Self - 1st Battalion, 6th Marines See fewer	Against the Odds (2014)
Louis Mamula Self - 1st Battalion, 6th Marines Self - 1st Battalion, 6th Marines See fewer	Against the Odds (2014)
Jason Done Narrator (voice) (version: UK) Narrator (voice) (version: UK) See fewer	Merlin (1998)
Rob Lowe Narrator (voice) (version: US) Narrator (voice) (version: US) See fewer	St. Elmo's Fire (1985)