Queens Marine who died on Pacific island during World War II battle gets heroic homecoming - NY Daily News

[TomSea]

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Queens Marine who died on Pacific island during World War II battle gets heroic homecoming


A graduate of Jamaica High School, Prince was just 19 when his division made an amphibious landing in November 1943 to overthrow a Japanese airstrip on Betio 2,400 miles southwest of Hawaii.

Nearly 1,000 Marines lost their lives in 76 hours of thundering horror now known as the Battle of Tarawa.

Article at: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/queens-marine-died-pacific-wwii-battle-homecoming-article-1.2669428

[skeeter]

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Article at: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/queens-marine-died-pacific-wwii-battle-homecoming-article-1.2669428

Tarawa was a helluva a costly way to troubleshoot amphibious landings.