The Battle of Tarawa was the opening campaign of the U.S. drive across the central Pacific during World War II.

Siwash the Duck during the Battle of Tarawa. (USMC photo) The Battle of Tarawa was 76 hours of pure death and destruction. In 1943, 18,000 United States Marines duked it out with more than 2,600 ...

Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. BEST VALUE! Like never before, the Daily News delivers real value every ...

During the 76 hours of violent battle at Tarawa last November the Marines’ beachhead commander, 39-year-old Colonel David M. Shoup, of Battle Ground, Indiana, carefully concealed a painful fact: as he ...

I’ve long been an aficionado of World War II history, and a sucker for decennial anniversaries. So I didn’t want to let the 80th anniversary of the underappreciated Battle of Tarawa pass unremarked.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A Florida man's quest to find hundreds of U.S. Marines buried anonymously after one of World War II's bloodiest battles could lead to the largest identification of American war dead ...