The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November ...
A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II ... Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In 2017, one set of remains — labeled as ...
Month after month, on islands like Tarawa ... Ienaga, Saburo. The Pacific War, 1931-1945: A Critical Perspective on Japan's Role in World War II. New York: Pantheon Books, 1978.
A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II ... Pacific, also known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In 2017, one set of remains — labeled as ...
The remains of a Marine who died fighting in the Pacific Theater during World War II were buried with honors ... who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November ...
NEW YORK — A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted for over eight decades after he was killed in the Pacific ...