The Marine rifle squad evolved rapidly in WW2 as Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and the island war exposed old weaknesses. By building ...
On Lawrence Earl Garrison’s first day of battle in November 1943, he joined nearly 35,000 Marines on the atoll of Tarawa in an attempt to seize the Japanese-held Gilbert Islands in the central Pacific ...
Howard P. Brisbane was a Navy medic killed during World War II, lost in the fierce Pacific fighting of the Battle of Tarawa. Brisbane’s family knew he died on the beaches of a remote island, but they ...
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Strategic gambles of WWII island hopping

Explore the harrowing story of the U.S. island hopping strategy during World War II, focusing on the brutal Battle of Tarawa.