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Return to Tarawa
- (2009) 47 mins
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Return to Tarawa Synopsis
The story of Leon Cooper's -- World War II veteran and American original -- return to "Red Beach". Cooper, a veteran of the battle of "Bloody Tarawa," returned to Tarawa in February 2008 in order to learn more about reports he had read about garbage on the fabled "Red Beach."
In November 1943, Leon, a US Navy landing craft officer, helped launch the first major amphibious assault on a Central Pacific Japanese stronghold. Leon is dismayed to discover that this hallowed ground is strewn with garbage rotting in the sun, a painful insult to the sacrifice his fellow marines made for their country, during one of the bloodiest three-day battles in American war history.
Cooper's trip is full of wonder, anger, amazement and divine providence as he and film maker Steven C. Barber visit what Leon suspects to be the graves of hundreds of Marines still buried on Tarawa. Follow Leon Cooper's trip back in time, as narrated by Oscar-nominated actor, Ed Harris. A story of redemption and passion that will move you to tears.
Look for the new sequel from filmmaker Steven C. Barber, Until They Are Home. Coming Soon.
Learn more at http://www.untiltheyarehome.com/
Film Credits
Narrator
Directors
Producer
- Matthew Hausle
Editor
- Jay Miracle
Executive Producer
- Leon Cooper
Associate Producer
- Tamara Henry
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