During the ferocious battle, Alexander Bonnyman led a 21-man demolition team against the main bomb-proof shelter on Tarawa.
We were living at Geiger Trailer Park, which were these little bitty trailers that I think Eleanor Roosevelt had arranged for World War II vets to live in,” she said, “And when we found out that we ...
TARAWA, Republic of Kiribati — It was the return home they deserved, 74 years after a grateful nation left them behind. In the middle of a tropical airfield on this remote Pacific atoll, a silver C-20 ...
Cincinnati marine killed in WWII finally coming home nearly 80 years after death at Battle of Tarawa
He enlisted at 28, died at 29 and never came home. But now Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Frank L. Athon Jr. is returning to Cincinnati – nearly 80 years after his death in the Pacific in WWII. He was one ...
In a press release, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejune confirmed a reported security incident near Tarawa Terrace Elementary School Tuesday afternoon has been resolved.
A security incident at Camp Lejeune left one person dead Tuesday afternoon near Tarawa Terrace Elementary School. Law enforcement response to the situation resulted in one fatality, though the ...
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