"When you unearth remains that haven't been seen for generations ... "We have the pictures of the Tarawa Marines who are still MIA in our lab on the island, and we walk past their pictures ...

The majority of the remains were found under that building, a History Flight spokeswoman told BBC News. Getty Images A burial at sea for US marines killed in the Battle of Tarawa Since 2015 ...

The Tarawa-class LHAs and Wasp-class LHDs provide the Marine Corps with a means of ship-to-shore movement by helicopter in addition to movement by landing craft. Three LHAs -- which have extensive ...

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 ...

Merchant Marine Wiper ... on Betio and the Tarawa Atoll, and in 2017, members of the nonprofit organization History Flight ...