Appearances in Popular Culture
- One of the American missions on Battlestations: Pacific sees you supporting the Marines who are going to take over the island.
- The last mission set of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is set during the Battle of Tarawa, where the player plays the role of a U.S. Marine.
- Both games feature the merchant ship and the pier.
- Betio is depicted in the Franco-Belgian comic "Tarawa, atoll sanglant" by Jean-Michel Charlier and Victor Hubinon.
- In chapter 16 of Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, Ishmael recalls his experience as a World War II Marine radioman during the siege of this island.
- Betio is featured in the game Heroes of the Pacific, where you must fly a reconnaissance mission over Betio in a P-38 Lightning. You also, on the day of the invasion, support the invasion by suppressing pillboxes and maintaining air superiority.
- Betio is also one of the multiplayer maps in Rising Storm, an expansion to Red Orchestra 2
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