6.4K views · 67 reactions | #OTD in 1943, the Battle of Tarawa began. This scene from the Academy Award winning documentary "With the Marines at Tarawa" of @Marines firing on Japanese soldiers in the open is believed to be the only combat footage that captures American and Japanese individuals in the same frame | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook

Mauri awaits you on Kiritimati Island! With new flight services from Tarawa, travel to Kiritimati has never been easier! Kiritimati is a Pacific Ocean atoll in our easternmost northern Line Islands. The name is derived from the English word "Christmas," written in Gilbertese according to its phonology, in which the combination ti is pronounced s. Kiritimati has the greatest land area of any atoll globally, about 388 square km or 150 square miles. Kiritimati comprises over 70% of the total land a