75 years later, Battle of Tarawa fighters are remembered at Punchbowl
By WILLIAM COLE | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Published: November 20, 2018
HONOLULU (Tribune News Service) — Seventy-five years ago this week, the Battle of Tarawa was a bloody proving ground for Marine Corps amphibious doctrine in the Pacific.
Over 76 hours, 961 Marines and sailors were killed trying to take the heavily defended Japanese outpost on the tiny isle of Betio, just 2 miles long but bristling with dug-in troops, snipers and machine guns.
Nearly all of the 4,800 Japanese defenders and Korean laborers were killed.
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