Howard P. Brisbane was a Navy medic killed during World War II, lost in the fierce Pacific fighting of the Battle of Tarawa. Brisbane’s family knew he died on the beaches of a remote island, but they ...
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Strategic gambles of WWII island hopping
Explore the harrowing story of the U.S. island hopping strategy during World War II, focusing on the brutal Battle of Tarawa.
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 ...
More than 7,000 miles from Arlington National Cemetery lie the bodies of sailors and marines who lost their lives in World War II during the Battle of Tarawa. Their final resting place is anything but ...
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