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WWII Battle Remembered
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Published: November 21, 2008
TARAWA, Kiribati - A ceremony Thursday observed the 65th anniversary of the Nov. 20, 1943, start of the three-day Battle of Tarawa. The United States aimed to take Tarawa from Japan, which had controlled the island since Tokyo ousted the British three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The fight for the tiny atoll halfway between Hawaii and Australia was the U.S. military's first major amphibious assault in World War II. Victory gave the U.S. control of a critical airfield.
The Associated Press
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