[yarddog]

I recall him saying that he saw many dead Marines on Tarawa and how if affected him.

[bravo whiskey]

IIRC he was also picking up bodies of those who had floated out to sea after the battle too. That would not have been pleasant.

[Pelham]

The sea around Tarawa was filled with dead Marines. There was a reef that the landing craft were hanging up on, forcing the Marines to try to wade ashore under heavy fire. Tarawa was the first instance where a large Japanese force was prepared to fight an American landing. On previous islands like Guadalcanal the heavy fighting didn’t begin until well after the troops had landed.

[minnesota_bound]

I read about Eddie Albert in a book on Tarawa.
Hard to imagine what he went thru and saw.

Here is some more information.
https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2016/10/16/eddie-albert-in-the-battle-of-tarawa/