The battle for Tarawa, regarded as one of the fiercest in Marine Corps history, ended 76 years ago, on November 23, 1943. More than 1,000 Marines and sailors were killed, and several hundred of them ...

BELEN, N.M. — A U.S. Marine from New Mexico who was killed during fighting on a Pacific island during World War II will be buried Friday in his hometown. Pfc. Paul D. Gilman of Belen was 19 in 1943 ...

The Battle of Tarawa, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, took a heavy toll on American forces and led to outrage at home. Marines take cover from Japanese fire after making it ashore to Betio, a ...

The graves of 30 World War II Marines and sailors killed during the 1943 assault on the island of Betio, part of the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, have been located. Audrey McAvoy at the Associated Press ...

Lead archaeologist Kristen N. Baker, left, and former U.S. Army Special Forces medic John Frye, right, lead a team of local workers and History Flight volunteers on Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Republic of ...

These long-missing heroes are headed home. A group has uncovered the bodies of 36 U.S. Marines, including a Medal of Honor recipient, who were killed during a fierce fight more than 70 years ago in ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC/CNN Newsource) – A Marine's remains that were missing for almost 78 years are finally buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Private First Class Harold W. Hayden, a Norwood native, ...

Growing up, the writer Clay Bonnyman Evans had heard all sorts of stories about his mother’s father, First Lieutenant Alexander Bonnyman Jr. Evans’s grandfather had joined the Marines’ officer ranks ...

CINCINNATI – A Marine from Cincinnati who died during the Battle of Tarawa was accounted for in July, nearly 77 years after he was killed, according to the U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA ...

The recent article "From Classroom to Battlefield, The Class of 1942 Remembers World War II," by Judge Charles B. Blackmar '42 (which appeared in the print version of PAW, December 6), poignantly ...

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