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 ...

The USS Alabama (BB-60), a South Dakota-class fast battleship commissioned in 1942, played a significant role in World War II. -Initially tasked with escorting Allied convoys to the Soviet Union, it ...

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The East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS) has reached its second cable landing station in Kosrae, in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Kosrae is one of the four states that make up the FSM. The ...

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 ...