----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hello Judith, Although our Map Collection does have many WWII-era aerials of many areas of the Pacific and SE Asia, we unfortunately do not have any for Tarawa, Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Is.). I would suggest that you contact the Bishop Museum, here in Honolulu (ph, (808)-848-4182, ask for Stewart Ching). According to the publication _Air Photographs of Pacific Islands Filed in tf Tarawa Atoll that were taken between 1943 and 1945. Additionally, the National Archives in DC has film negatives of many areas flown during WWII, including the Gilbert Is. I've contacted a Mr. Stuart L. Butler there in the Cartographic and Architectural Branch, who has been most helpful in the past. We do have the US Army Map Service topographic maps of the Gilbert Islands, series X843, 1:25,000-scale, that were compiled using the US Navy 1945 photography. We can supply bl&wh xerox copies if your patron does not already have. Good luck and let me know if you need more information. Aloha, Ross Togashi University of Hawaii at Manoa Hamilton Library Map Collection mmmmmmmmm....spam/maps.