More than 80 years after he was killed in action during one of the fiercest early battles of World War II, U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Pvt. Charmning Rowe has finally returned home to Orlando, Fla.

As the American offensive prepared to claim the coral atoll of Tarawa in November of 1943, they were confident that their ...

The USS Sheridan would head to Wellington, New Zealand, before making its way to the Gilbert Islands for the Battle of Tarawa. One morning before the battle, Bomersback recalls an armada of ...

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While such dedications aren't typical, neither is the story of Johnson, who received the nation's third-highest military honor, the Silver Star, for his actions during the Battle of Tarawa ...

The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November of 1943, comes after scientists were able to identify his previously ...

The lead ship of the class, USS Tarawa (LHA-1) entered service with the Navy in the mid-1970’s, becoming the second naval ship to be named after the World War II Battle of Tarawa. Like her ...

So I didn’t want to let the 80th anniversary of the underappreciated Battle of Tarawa pass unremarked. By November 1943, the U.S. war effort in the Pacific has been making appreciable progress ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WITN) - Marines at Camp Lejeune paused on Tuesday to remember the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa. The 2d Marine Regiment started the day with a 10-mile hike and ended ...