"The capture of Tarawa knocked down the front door to the ... opening up with their coastal-defense guns at 5:07 a.m. US warships returned fire and then halted in expectation of strikes by US ...
Robert F. Van Heck, 25, of Chicago, was part of a force that tried to secure the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Japanese-held Gilbert Islands, according to the Defense POW/MIA ...
Robert F. Van Heck, 25, of Chicago, was part of a force that tried to secure the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Japanese-held Gilbert Islands, according to the Defense POW/MIA ...
New Zealand's government is reviewing its aid to Kiribati after the Pacific island nation's leader snubbed a planned meeting ...
Robert F. Van Heck, 25, of Chicago, was part of a force that tried to secure the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Japanese-held Gilbert Islands, according to the Defense POW/MIA ...