The Battle of Tarawa was fought on 20–23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation...
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atoll was the site of the Battle of Tarawa during World War II. Tarawa is an old Gilbertese form for Te Rawa, meaning "The Passage" (of the Lagoon), named...
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Tarawa Atoll On 10 November 1943, men of the United States Marine Corps invaded the island of Betio, located at the southwest corner of Tarawa Atoll in...
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2009. She is the second ship to be named for the Battle of Tarawa, fought during World War II. Tarawa was decommissioned on 31 March 2009, at San Diego...
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Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the bloody 1943 Battle of Tarawa. Tarawa was commissioned in December 1945, too late to serve in World War...
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the hard-learned lessons of the Battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and...
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South Tarawa (Gilbertese: Tarawa Teinainano) is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population. The...
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Kiribati) that included the seizures of Tarawa and Makin, during the Battle of Tarawa on 20–23 November 1943 and the Battle of Makin on 20–24 November 1943....
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at Tarawa is a 1944 short documentary film directed by Louis Hayward. It uses authentic footage taken at the Battle of Tarawa to tell the story of the...
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USS Maryland (BB-46) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
commencing shore bombardments in the Battle of Tarawa and later in the Battle of Kwajalein. During the Battle of Saipan she took torpedo damage to her...
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up Tarawa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tarawa is an atoll in the Republic of Kiribati. Tarawa may also refer to: In military: Battle of Tarawa, fought...
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1st Battalion, 8th Marines (category Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps)
in the Pacific including Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. During the Cold War, it was part of Operation Blue Bat in Lebanon in 1958,...
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role and the husband and wife team of Ray Danton and Julie Adams. The working title of the film was Flag over Tarawa and was originally to have starred...
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Keiji Shibazaki (category Battle of Tarawa)
first day of the Battle of Tarawa. He was posthumously promoted to vice-admiral. Shibazaki was born in Kasai, Hyogo prefecture. He was a graduate of the 43rd...
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USS Tennessee (BB-43) (category World War II battleships of the United States)
campaign followed from November 1943 to February 1944, including the Battles of Tarawa, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok. In March, she raided Kavieng to distract...
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2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (category Artillery battalions of the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II)
coastal defense of the region. In November 1943 the 2d Defense Battalion was assigned to the V Amphibious Corps for the Battle of Tarawa. They came ashore...
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USS Indiana (BB-58) (category World War II battleships of the United States)
force. She shelled Japanese positions during the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943 and the Battle of Kwajalein in February 1944. During the latter operation...
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Korea under Japanese rule (redirect from Occupation of Korea by the Empire of Japan)
in World War II: The Battle of Tarawa". Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008. "The Battle of Tarawa, November 20–24, 1943"...
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Operation Galvanic, World War II attack which included the Battle of Tarawa List of forms of electricity named after scientists This disambiguation page...
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situated between the volcanic peak of Mauna Kea and Kohala mountain. Marines were sent straight from the bloody Battle of Tarawa to the campsite, which they...
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Kiribati (redirect from Military of Kiribati)
Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, with more than half living on Tarawa atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls and one remote...
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of occupation, from March to the end of battle of Tarawa and battle of Makin on 23 November 1943. On the day of their attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese...
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2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (category Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps)
participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal, Battle of Tarawa, Battle of Saipan, Battle of Tinian and the Battle of Okinawa. Following the surrender of Japan, the...
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2nd Marine Division (category Divisions of the United States Marine Corps)
1942 to 8 February 1943. The Battle of Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands campaign – 20 November to 4 December 1943. The Battle of Saipan, in the Mariana Islands...
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3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines (category Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps)
Guadalcanal Tarawa Saipan Tinian Okinawa During the Battle of Tarawa, the battalion participated in the amphibious assault on, and the capture of, the small...
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2nd Marine Division participated in the seizure and occupation of Tarawa Atoll, the site of a strategically important airfield. Prior to D-Day on November...
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Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Attu, the Battle of Tarawa, the Battle of Guam, the Battle of Peleliu, the Battle of the Philippines, the Battle...
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David M. Shoup (category Battle of Tarawa)
command of the 2nd Marines, and led the initial invasion of Tarawa, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor and the British Distinguished Service Order....
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campaign, November 1943 – February 1944 Battle of Tarawa, November 1943 Battle of Kwajalein, February 1944 Battle of Eniwetok, February 1944 Mariana and Palau...
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2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (category Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps)
January 1, 1943. The 2/6 also took part in the Battle of Tarawa, beginning on November 21, 1943, the battle's second day. On June 15, 1944, the battalion...
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