HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa during World War II and a special ceremony Monday commemorated that pivotal battle. More than 1,600 U.S. service ...

More than 20 American service members who were killed in a bloody World War II battle are finally back on U.S. soil – and are one step closer to getting the burials they rightfully deserve. An Air ...

Alexandra Bonnyman Prejean, left, of Maui, daughter of Medal of Honor recipient Marine Corps 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr., placed a rosette next to her father’s name while retired Army Maj. Gen.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – U.S. Marines with 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force commemorated the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, at Camp ...

The Battle of Tarawa (code name Operation Galvanic) only lasted three days but was listed as one of the bloodiest battles in the 20th century. It was the first American offensive in the central ...

The World War II battle of Tarawa is the topic of a special Saturday meeting of the Scott Hosier World War II Roundtable. The meeting is at 10 a.m. Saturday at Rochester Assembly of God Church, 4240 ...

CINCINNATI – A Marine from Cincinnati who died during the Battle of Tarawa was accounted for in July, nearly 77 years after he was killed, according to the U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA ...

The American Battle Monuments Commission hosted a ceremony at the Honolulu Memorial, located within the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. The ceremony commemorated the 75th ...