Rear Adm. Harry Hill, who command the task force attacking Tarawa, called Betio "a little Gibraltar" and said "only the Marines could have made such a landing." Four Marines were awarded the Medal ...

The Tarawa-class LHAs and Wasp-class LHDs provide the Marine Corps with a means of ship-to-shore movement by helicopter in addition to movement by landing craft. Three LHAs -- which have extensive ...

Getty Images A burial at sea for US marines killed in the Battle of Tarawa Since 2015, the remains of 272 service members who died on Tarawa have been found, with more than 100 identifications ...

Applications for assignment to Marine Corps family housing (DD form 1746) need to be given to the Family Housing Office on Tarawa Terrace, Building TT-43, as soon as a military sponsor knows of an ...