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 ...

Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership ...

Peleliu and Tarawa. This image shows Carl Gorman on the island of Saipan. Image caption, 5/7: Code Talking was immensely successful, giving the US Marines the upper hand in co-ordinating combat ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up ...

"Johnny Cash wrote the song, 'The Ballad of Ira Hayes,' with these words included about his life after his service and what it had done to him: 'When war came, ...

Tarawa Class: Builder ... In 2004, LHAs and LHDs were used to transport thousands of Marines and their equipment to Iraq and Afghanistan for combat operations. More recently, critical post ...

A few minutes after they passed a pillbox rubble, Jap snipers killed three marines on the spot they had left. When he is not learning more about amphibious warfare on places like Makin ...