![]() His first mission was to unload a group of marines and supplies on the beach. Soon after with the help of two Sherman tanks and five light tanks the marines were able to completely take control of the island.Īfter Eddie Albert joined the Navy he sailed to Tarawa not as a marine but as a salvage officer aboard the ship Sheridan. The Americans began to bombard the small area of the island left under Japanese control. On the third day the Japanese starting to become desperate started banzai charging the American troops. That night a counter offensive was assembled but was largely thwarted with artillery fire. Pushing the Japanese back to a small part of the island. The third day started with a reorganization of troops and an offensive. Beaches Red 2 and Red 3 took more effort to take because of Japanese machine gun emplacements set up during the night but there were eventually able to punch through and made it to the airfield. With heavy naval support there were able to take the beach with minimal losses. The second day of the battle the marines turned their focus to green beach on the west end of the island in order to land reinforcements there. The Japanese were unable to launch a counter attack because of severed communication lines from naval fire and the loss of admiral Shibazaki. By noon the marines managed to push to the base of the airfield. Eventually they successfully landed some Sherman and Stuart tanks on the island but only one was operational by the end of the day. The initial attempts to land tanks on the island failed because but they got hung up on the reef much like the landing craft did. The marines spent two days without reinforcement pushing across the island. After the lagoon was cleared of mines the marines then launched their assault on the beaches surrounding the pier. The battle itself started on Novemwith bombardment from multiple U.S. In 1943 he toured Mexico as a clown taking pictures of German U-boats undercover for the U.S. He continued though to do work in the film industry acting in films such as Brother Rat with Ronald Reagan. Eddie then began performing on early television for RCA and NBC. Once the show ended Warner Brothers offered him a film contract and he was soon performing on Broadway. He finally landed a job co-hosting a radio show, The Honeymooners. ![]() Working many different jobs such as an insurance salesman. After the stock market crash he had to look elsewhere for employment. Early LifeĮddie Albert grew up in Minneapolis Minnesota where he studied business at the University of Minnesota. Eddie in the battle of Tarawa disobeyed his orders to collect reusable supplies from the initial landing and instead rescued over 40 marines who were trapped offshore under heavy machine gun fire. ![]() Eddie Albert Heimberger was famous for his acting skills but few know of his heroism in WW2.
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