Tarawa: The Map
On November 20, 1943, the Second Marine Division assaulted the tiny island of Betio in the Tarawa atoll. Within a week, Betio and the surrounding… Read More »Tarawa: The Map
On November 20, 1943, the Second Marine Division assaulted the tiny island of Betio in the Tarawa atoll. Within a week, Betio and the surrounding… Read More »Tarawa: The Map
In honor of the 239th birthday of the United States Marine Corps, we have here a photograph of Lieutenant Gordon Ryhs Lewis. Lewis, a 23-year-old squadron… Read More »One Marine Out Of Many: Lieutenant Gordon R. Lewis
Photo source: Langeland Family Funeral Homes Eighteen-year-old Private Robert J. McConachie was killed in action on Okinawa in June, 1945. His body were left on… Read More »Robert J. McConachie (May 20, 1927 – June 15, 1945)