The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, which is charged with recovery and identification of America’s war dead ... 2nd Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division. The Battle of Tarawa began ...

CINCINNATI – A Marine from Cincinnati who died during the Battle of Tarawa ... American remains found on Tarawa for repatriation, nearly half of the known casualties were never found.

More casualties would come in operations ... Many criticized the strategy and tactics at Tarawa, but the Navy and Marine Corps drew lessons from the battle and applied them throughout the war ...

More than 990 U.S. Marines and 30 sailors died in the Battle of Tarawa. Japanese machine gun ... The U.S. quickly buried the thousands of dead on the tiny atoll, about 2,400 miles southwest ...

The Battle of Tarawa (code name Operation Galvanic ... more than 1,100 U.S. Marines lay dead on the beach. The strategic reason for this battleground, located at the Tarawa Atoll, Betio in ...

One of the islands was the scene of a World War II battle. Now there is a mission to recover the fallen. In November 1943, 18,000 U.S. Marines stormed the Pacific island of Tarawa. It was so ...

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 ...

Aboard one of the many troop transports plowing the long sea furrows to Tarawa ... There was a shot. The Marine spun around, fell to the beach dead. He had been shot through the temple.

The Battle of Tarawa was held Nov. 20-23 ... The next day was rugged with many casualties, but the Marines made good progress, and by nightfall, we knew that we were going to make it.