76 years after 'the toughest battle in Marine Corps history,' the fallen are still returning home
Christopher Woody
The battle for Tarawa, regarded as one of the fiercest in Marine Corps history, ended 76 years ago, on November 23, 1943.
More than 1,000 Marines and sailors were killed, and several hundred of them remain missing or unidentified.
Efforts to locate and identify servicemen killed there, led by the nonprofit History Flight, have found hundreds of remains, but some in the island nation are warning that time is running out.
https://www.businessinsider.com/76-years-after-wwii-battle-tarawa-marines-still-being-identified-2019-11
