In November 1943, US forces launched a massive amphibious assault on Tarawa, one of the most heavily fortified atolls in the Pacific. Japanese defenders had filled Betio with bunkers, trenches, guns, ...
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 ...
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, take a moment to remember the many Americans who gave their last full measure 82 years ago in the attack on the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. Almost two years ...