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74 years ago, US Marines waded into 'the toughest battle in Marine Corps history' - here are 25 photos of the brutal fight for Tarawa
Many criticized the strategy and tactics at Tarawa, but the Navy and Marine Corps drew lessons from the battle that were applied throughout the war, and Betio's airfield supported operations ...
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USS Tarawa sent to ocean floor in Rim of the Pacific exercise
The Tarawa, named after a World War II Pacific battle, supported Operations Desert Shield and Iraqi Freedom before ...
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As it Happened: Tarawa
Tarawa was the most strongly defended island in the Pacific which the Japanese boasted that a million Americans couldn’t take the island in one hundred years. On Tarawa the Marines faced their ...