Siwash the Duck during the Battle of Tarawa. (USMC photo) The Battle of Tarawa was 76 hours of pure death and destruction. In 1943, 18,000 United States Marines duked it out with more than 2,600 ...

A firsthand account of confronting a Japanese sniper during the Battle of Tarawa, showing tactics, challenges, and the ...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – U.S. Marines with 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force commemorated the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, at Camp ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WITN) - Marines at Camp Lejeune paused on Tuesday to remember the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa. The 2d Marine Regiment started the day with a 10-mile hike and ended ...

As it Happened: Tarawa chronicles the pivotal World War II battle of Tarawa through archival footage, interviews, and expert analysis, providing a comprehensive account of the intense combat and its ...

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — Seven decades later, American WWII servicemembers remain in unmarked, forgotten graves. They’re halfway across the world – some 7,200 miles from the hallowed ground of Arlington ...

From Washington Admiral Ernest J. King signaled: “To all hands concerned with the Marshall Islands operation: Well and smartly done. Carry on.” Said Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, commander of ...

TARAWA, Republic of Kiribati — It was the return home they deserved, 74 years after a grateful nation left them behind. In the middle of a tropical airfield on this remote Pacific atoll, a silver C-20 ...

The World War II battle of Tarawa is the topic of a special Saturday meeting of the Scott Hosier World War II Roundtable. The meeting is at 10 a.m. Saturday at Rochester Assembly of God Church, 4240 ...

As the Cold War was heightening in the 1970s, the arms race between the USSR and the U.S. was on. Both nations worked to develop cutting-edge military systems, resulting in a range of innovative ...