A Malibu man’s personal crusade to clean up a trash-strewn beach 5,000 miles away will gain national attention this week when it is the focus of a cable television documentary. For more than three ...

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TARAWA --The Republic of Keera-Bass is a nation of 33 islands straddling the equator in the central Pacific Ocean. One of the islands was the scene of a World War II battle. Now there is a mission to ...

This June 1 photo provided by History Flight shows graves of U.S. servicemen under the water table in Tarawa, Kiribati. (Eric Albertson/Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency/History Flight via AP) A ...

The last time Leon Cooper saw the tiny Pacific atoll called Tarawa, its beach was littered with bodies. These days, the scene of one of the United States’ bloodiest World War II battles is littered ...

The most frustrating thing about South Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, is its lagoon. Looks like paradise, doesn’t it? My colleagues are probably cursing under their breath right now, wondering how ...

For months, even years afterward, I would occasionally see a certificate on the wall of someone’s home, or in a store, or, once, glued to the back window of a car. It was a simple piece of paper ...

When two Marines from San Antonio hit the Japanese-held atoll of Tarawa in the Pacific nearly 73 years ago, they became instant heroes. But their paths leading up to the battle and afterward couldn’t ...

HONOLULU – The Battle of Tarawa was one of the first U.S. amphibious campaigns of World War II. It was also one of the most ferocious. Thousands of Marines charged the beach, only to be mowed down by ...

HONOLULU – The recently identified remains of a Marine hailed for his bravery in battle are heading home 72 years after he was killed on a remote Pacific atoll during World War II. First Lt. Alexander ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Siwash the Duck during the Battle of Tarawa. (USMC photo) The Battle of Tarawa was 76 hours of pure death and destruction. In 1943 ...

When we landed in Tarawa, a tiny atoll in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, after a 24-hour trip from Los Angeles, the plane windows were soaked with rain. I had been warned that the island would ...