As the American offensive prepared to claim the coral atoll of Tarawa in November of 1943, they were confident that their ...

Life in Kiribati, an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean, is influenced by its remote location, high disease burden and the worsening impacts of climate change. The country's healthcare system ...

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Baron Waqa has wrapped up what he called a "successful high-level" visit to the capital Tarawa. In a statement, Waqa ...

Jimmy Twedt of Roland was just 17 when he signed up to fight in WWII. He is one of the fallen who will be remembered on Memorial Day.

Betio Island, white and wasted at the end of a palmy green bay, was more than ever a base of war. But elsewhere in the Tarawa Atoll the sturdy brown Gilbertese had picked up again an old ...

The brothers fought with the Marines in a fierce assault against the Japanese Army on Betio, part of the Tarawa atoll in the Pacific. Justin Lehew, a retired Marine, is now chief operating ...

Sixty-eight years ago today, a young Marine sergeant leaned against the flying bridge rail of a Navy ship off the coast of the Tarawa Atoll in the South Pacific. Awestruck, Staff Sgt. Norman T.

Read Next: Air Force Veteran Tells the Story of Hidden Health Risks at Nevada Test Site In November 1943, Marines were facing heavy Japanese resistance on the island of Betio, part of the Tarawa ...

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 ...

More than half of Kiribati’s permanent population live in the Tarawa atoll. The islands' spread straddles the equator and the 180th meridian, making Kiribati the only country in the world ...