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CAPTAIN
THOMAS BROADWAY ROYSTER

COMMANDER
COMPANY B - 2ND AMPHIBIAN TRACTOR BATTALION

2ND MARINE DIVISION
FMF

( AKA: 2ND AMTRAC BATTALION )

CAPTAIN ROYSTER WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED WHEN HIS LVT STRUCK A MINE
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BLACK AND GREEN BEACHES ON 22 NOV 1943


SOURCE:
Pages 203 and 204 of Col. Joseph H. Alexander's book - Utmost Savagery: the three days of Tarawa

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Thomas B. Royster
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Service # 0-006726


Entered the Service from: North Carolina
Died: 22-Nov-43
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii


Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart


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Jim Hildebrand
j i m @ t a r a w a 1 9 4 3 . c o m



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