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 ...

As the US invasion began ... Getty Images A burial at sea for US marines killed in the Battle of Tarawa Since 2015, the remains of 272 service members who died on Tarawa have been found, with ...

A veteran of Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian was on his way home last week, on leave. His name: Siwash. His species: duck (the mascot of a Marine Corps artillery outfit). His combat record ...

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 ...

Don Fruchey served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II with Charles Henry Jr., Jerome’s uncle and godfather. The two were part of the invasion of Tarawa, Saipan. They both came ...

Royal Marine commandos are practising amphibious landings on Cypriot beaches in preparation for a possible conflict in Iraq. Elements of the force's A Company 40 Commando ran a full dress ...

It’s time to celebrate, Ultramarines, as the first post-launch operation for Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 is on the way. Marking the end of the Tyranid invasion of Kadaku, the new operation ...

The Marine Corps retained more first-term Marines in a single year than it has in more than a decade, marking another step towards the service’s overhaul of how it keeps Marines in uniform.

Oct. 2, 2024 — Dolphins are extremely playful, but little is known about how they -- and other marine mammals -- communicate during playtime. New research shows that bottlenose dolphins ...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 arrived back at the start of ... Here's the full mission briefing: The Tyranid invasion of Kadaku is ending. The planet’s organic material is being transformed ...