Where: Tarawa Atoll is part of what then was known as the Gilbert Islands and today is called the Republic of Kiribati. It’s a collection of 32 pancake-flat coral atolls. The battle was fought ...

The recently identified remains of a Marine hailed for his bravery in battle are heading home 72 years after he was killed on a remote Pacific atoll during World War II.

A lieutenant commander in the Medical Corps, Donald R. Nelson, describes the Battle of Tarawa to his parents in a letter home. The Battle of Tarawa was held Nov. 20-23, 1943: December 18, 1943 ...

Seventy-seven years after he was killed on a tiny remote island in the Pacific Ocean, Thomas Johnson is finally coming home. The remains of U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Johnson will be interred Monday ...

Private Richard Gordon Wright, a U.S. Marine killed in the Battle of Tarawa during World War II, has been identified after 80 ...

World War II veteran now battles trash on Pacific atoll Tarawa. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now °F. Tuesday, February 11th 2025 ...

More than 990 U.S. Marines and 30 U.S. sailors were killed in the 1943 Battle of Tarawa after the U.S. launched an amphibious assault on the small island some 2,300 miles southwest of Honolulu.

U.S. Marines stand by a transfer case during a repatriation ceremony for the possible remains of unidentified service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during World War Two in the Republic of ...

PHILADELPHIA — The government says the remains of a Marine who died in a Pacific island battle during World War II have been identified as a 23-year-old Philadelphia man.

HONOLULU --The remains of what are believed to be 24 American servicemen killed on a Pacific island during World War II have been returned to the U.S. for identification.

The remains of Dale Robert Geddes, a Grand Island native who was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps when he was killed 72 years ago during World War II, have been identified through DNA testing and ...