For the Japs it was the darkest week of the war ... hold all the world’s shipping. The atoll itself consists of 92 bits of sand-covered coral, some big enough to be called islands.
The remains of a Marine who died fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II were buried ... who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November of 1943 ...
The Tarawa, named after a World War II Pacific battle ... in this year's RIMPAC exercise in and around the Hawaiian islands ...
Month after month, on islands like Tarawa ... The Pacific War, 1931-1945: A Critical Perspective on Japan's Role in World War II. New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. Zeiler, Thomas W.