On this day the Battle of Tarawa ended in 1943. More than 18,000 Marines were sent to capture the island in one of the deadliest battles in the Pacific theater. Over three days of intense fighting, ...

According to the Department of Defense, nearly half of the known American casualties from the Battle of Tarawa were never recovered. Approximately 1,000 Marines and sailors lost their lives on the ...

More than 20 American service members who were killed in a bloody World War II battle are finally back on U.S. soil – and are one step closer to getting the burials they rightfully deserve. An Air ...

Military and Veterans Affairs officials are digging up the remains of 94 unidentified Marines and sailors killed on a remote atoll in the Pacific during one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. The ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A 29-year old Marine from Chicago killed in action nearly 74 years ago will be buried next week with full military honors. Jeri Heise never knew her father, Marine 2nd Lt. George Bussa ...

For an island frozen in time, the digging has stopped, but the dust hasn’t settled. We've returned to the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, a sandbar the size of the National Mall. The island is filled with ...

WASHINGTON, DC (WTHR) - The remains of a U.S. serviceman from Greencastle who died in World War II are coming home. Navy Reserve Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd Class Thomas J. Murphy, will be buried May 28 in ...

On a remote Pacific sandbar, replete with the ravages of war, a small group of veterans, volunteers and archeologists are doing their best to keep the enduring promise of “no man left behind.” ...