He enlisted in the Navy during World War I, but the fighting ended before ... could understand the struggles on Guam, Tarawa, Okinawa, and we here in Hawaii remember him as one who walked among ...

he survived the battles of Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa – despite being a machine gunner “right in the middle of it” – and stayed in Japan once World War II ended as part of the ...

The Tarawa, named after a World War II Pacific battle, supported Operations Desert Shield and Iraqi Freedom before decommissioning in 2009. This year's sinking of a Tarawa-class ship marks the ...