Betio Island, white and wasted at the end of a palmy green bay, was more than ever a base of war. But elsewhere in the Tarawa Atoll the sturdy brown Gilbertese had picked up again an old, familiar ...

A documentary about a group of 2nd Marine Division survivors of the fierce World War II battle with the Japanese at the Tarawa Atoll who return to that location after 45 years.

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 ...

In November 1943, the US assaulted Tarawa as the opening strike of the central Pacific drive against a heavily fortified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman, Jr. (Marine Corps) After the U.S. Marine raid on Makin Island on Aug. 17-18, 1942, Japanese garrisons ...

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 ...

After the U.S. Marine raid on Makin Island on Aug. 17-18, 1942, Japanese garrisons in the Gilbert and Marshall islands got to serious work reinforcing their commands. These took different natures, ...