TARAWA

təräˈwə, tărˈəwä, atoll (1990 pop. 28,802), capital of Kiribati, central Pacific, previously capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The administrative center of the atoll is Bairiki island. Betio island, the chief commercial center of country, is a port of entry through which copra and pearl shell exported. Tarawa is the site of a teacher's training college and a marine training school, as well as an international airport. The population is mainly Micronesian.

During World War II the colony headquarters were moved there from Banaba (formerly Ocean Island). Tarawa was occupied by the Japanese (1941–43) and fell to U.S. marines after a bloody battle. In the early 1990s the southern part of the capital, particularly Betio, had one of the highest population densities in the world, leading the government to resettle residents on less crowded islands.

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The Battle for Tarawa
Book by James R. Stockman; Historical Section, Division of Public Information, U.S. Marine Corps, 1947
Subjects: Tarawa, Battle Of, 1943
...to 1945, to the Secretary of War. 3. Special Action Report Tarawa , Task Force 4. Enclosure A to 3. 5. Action Report Tarawa , Task Group 53. 1. 6. Special Action Report Tarawa , 2d Marine Division. 7. Special Action Report Tarawa , 2d...
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Mantle of Heroism: Tarawa and the Struggle for the Gilberts, November 1943
Book by Michael B. Graham; Presidio Press, 1993
...Haley, J. F. "Reconnaissance at Tarawa Atoll", Marine Corps Gazette , November...1st Battalion, 8th Marines Lands at Tarawa", Marine Corps Gazette , November 1983, 84-91. Jones, W. K. "Tarawa:" The Stinking Little Island , Marine...
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Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls
Book by Philip A. Crowl, Edmund G. Love; Office of The Chief of Military History United States Army, 1955
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Kiribati, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands
stroy aircraft and installations at Tarawa, Makin, and Apamama and to conduct such...planes of the first group were to attack Tarawa just before dawn on 18 September; those...to join the task force in the area of Tarawa and combine bombing runs on that island...
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Hit the Beach! Your Marine Corps in Action
Book by William P. McCahill; W. H. Wise, 1948
Subjects: United States--Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious Operations, World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean
...354 Aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Tarawa , 140 Airfields Aslito, Saipan, 185...Americal Division Army , 70 A moments pause, Tarawa, 119 Amphtracs, 112 , 113 , 123 , 136...of, 41 Marines move to, 40 Battle for Tarawa color , 92 Battleships Bombarding Okinawa...
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World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-Military Study
Book by Gordon L. Rottman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Islands Of The Pacific--Strategic Aspects, Military Geography--Pacific Area, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean, World War, 1939-1945--United States
...next day they conducted an air raid on Tarawa, the adminis- trative center. A second...were prepared to strike north to seize Tarawa, Butaritari (Makin), and Apamama Atolls...bases. The Marine Corps was assigned Tarawa and Apamama, and the Army Butaritari...
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journal articles on: Tarawa  - 58 results

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Bougainville: the Amphibious Assault Enters Maturity
Journal article by David C. Fuquea; Naval War College Review, Vol. 50, 1997
Subjects: Bougainville, Marine Corps-US, Military engagements, Military history, Military strategy, World War II
...yield several answers. Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa would be among...space of time between Bougainville and Tarawa, less than three weeks, undoubtedly...receive more attention, and that was Tarawa. On one hand, the casualty figures for...
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Race for the Decisive Weapon: British, American, and Japanese Carrier Fleets, 1942-1943
Journal article by James P. Levy; Naval War College Review, Vol. 58, 2005
Subjects: Aircraft carriers, Military aircraft, Military engagements, Military history, Military strategy
...in July 1943. Operation GALVANIC, the Tarawa/Makin amphibious assaults, took place...begin his island-hopping campaign at Tarawa with little fear of successful Japanese...intervene when the U.S. struck at Makin and Tarawa later in November. The strategy of diverting...
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U.s. Navy Surface Battle Doctrine and Victory in the Pacific
Journal article by Trent Hone; Naval War College Review, Vol. 62, 2009
Subjects: Armed forces, Manuals, Ships
...Pacific Force would seize three atolls: Tarawa, Makin, and Abemama. Possession of...objectives would be seized simultaneously, Tarawa by the Southern Attack Force and Makin...engagement." Over a hundred miles separated Tarawa and Makin; the forces covering the assaults...
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Clear Purpose, Comprehensive Execution: Raymond Ames Spruance (1886-1969)
Journal article by Wayne P. Hughes; Naval War College Review, Vol. 62, 2009
...first significant Marine assault, at Tarawa in the Gilberts in November 1943; the...Spruance might have done better atMidway, at Tarawa, or in the battle of the Philippine Sea...at Guadalcanal, lived logistics from Tarawa to Okinawa, and suffered its restraints...
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The Creation of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) in Pintupi/Kukatja Dreamings
Journal article by Lloyd D. Graham; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2003, 2003
Subjects: Indigenous peoples--Research
...story given by Pintupi artist Charlie Tarawa. He tells how a large group of young...for Dreaming at Lake Mackay, by Charlie Tarawa Tjungurrayi (1974). KALCC 1996 Yirra...Kangaroo Dreaming, by Charlie Tararu (Tarawa) Tjungurrayi (1972). Page 278b: Information...
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magazine articles on: Tarawa  - 138 results

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Tarawa, Bloody Tarawa!
Magazine article by Russell L. Harris; Sea Classics, Vol. 37, April 2004
Tarawa, Bloody Tarawa! by Russell L. Harris The Japanese fleet was not in position to interfere...Rescue plane from Roi finds no evidence of friendly forces left on Tarawa. Great activity by enemy on building of airstrips." Six large Japanese...
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Marine Remains Found on Tarawa
Magazine article by Tim Dyhouse; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 96, February 2009
Marine Remains Found on Tarawa by Tim Dyhouse A private researcher...Marines who were killed during WWII on Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. More than...would likely excavate a test site on Tarawa to determine if a larger exploration...
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Operation Galvanic: the Invasion of Tarawa
Magazine article by Russell L. Harris; Sea Classics, Vol. 37, March 2004
Operation Galvanic: the Invasion of Tarawa by Russell L. Harris In the second year...Gilberts, with their main strength on Tarawa, which had an airstrip, and with less...told when the Japanese patrol landed at Tarawa, its home base. In hurried conference...
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AWASH IN A RISING SEA - How Global Warming Is Overwhelming the Islands of the Tropical Pacific
Magazine article by Curtis A. Moore; International Wildlife, January 2002
Subjects: Global warming--Environmental aspects, Kiribati--Environmental aspects, Sea level--Environmental aspects, Tarawa Atoll--Environmental aspects
...Moore OUR ALUMINUM SKIFF plows through Tarawa Lagoons emerald waters, throwing up a...late to save mid-Pacific islands like Tarawa," says climate authority Irving Mintzer...International Wildlife. Tebua lies off Tarawa Atoll on the extreme western edge of the...
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Vmf-422 Is Missing!
Magazine article by Mark W. Syrkin; Sea Classics, Vol. 38, November 2005
...side of the runway at Hawkins Field on Tarawa, that blood-soaked historic atoll in...morning on 25 January 1944 on the island of Tarawa. The squadron had been stationed at Santa...carrier with our planes, and we arrived off Tarawa on 24 January. None of us had been catapulted...
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newspaper articles on: Tarawa  - 64 results

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Fight for Tarawa Testifies to Marines' Tenacity
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 10, 2004
Fight for Tarawa Testifies to Marines Tenacity. Tarawa. To those Americans who fought on this desolate Pacific...Gilbert Islands during World War II, it was known as "Bloody Tarawa." The following account is mostly from "Across the Reef...
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Tarawa Shows Difficulty in Finding War Missing
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 10, 2010
Subjects: News agencies--Military aspects, The Associated Press
Tarawa Shows Difficulty in Finding War Missing...sifted dirt on the remote Pacific atoll of Tarawa at what they thought might be graves of...sites during a recent six-week trip to Tarawa in hopes of finding the remains of a couple...
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,CyVictim' in Court after Triple-0call; Defendant Turned on Police
Newspaper article; The Queensland Times (Ipswich, Australia), May 19, 2011
...an unrelated matter to find Lee Tipene Tarawa yelling abusive and offensive language...charged with being a public nuisance. But Tarawa, 21, responded by raising a beer bottle...Sergeant Mathew Donnelly said officers told Tarawa he was under arrest, but he struggled...
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Stiffing the Troops Serving Overseas; Team Gore Celebrates a Ballot Victory
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 8, 2001
...the night duty officer aboard the USS Tarawa, an amphibious assault ship sent to help...disoriented when he heard his wifes voice. The Tarawa was 8,000 miles from Jacksonville...Western Pacific and Indian Ocean aboard the Tarawa, which he calls "40,000 tons of twisted...
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From the Armed Forces
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 19, 2005
Subjects: Armed Forces, Armed forces, Military personnel--Training, Military training, United States. Marine Corps
...assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa, homeported in San Diego, Calif. Tarawa serves as the flagship of Expeditionary Strike...international waters. Service members on board Tarawa also conducted earthquake disaster assistance...
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encyclopedia articles on: Tarawa  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Tarawa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TARAWA t ra w , tar wa, atoll (1990 pop. 28...through which copra and pearl shell exported. Tarawa is the site of a teachers training college...from Banaba (formerly Ocean Island). Tarawa was occupied by the Japanese (1941 43...
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Kiribati
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Gilbert and Phoenix groups and Banaba (formerly Ocean Island). Tarawa is the capital. The population is nearly all Micronesian, with about 30% concentrated on Tarawa. English is the official language, and Kiribati, a Micronesian language...
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Amphibious Warfare
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...artillery could come into action. By use of this method the Allies were able to invade heavily defended Pacific islands such as Tarawa (1943), Saipan (1944), Iwo Jima (1945), and Okinawa (1945). In Europe the Allies made landings on Sicily (1943...
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Gilbert Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...groups that form the Republic of Kiribati . The group includes Tarawa , Butaritari , Makin, Little Makin, Marakei, Abaiang, Maiana...the islands a protectorate in 1892 and a colony in 1915 16. Tarawa, Butaritari, Abaiang, Marakei, and Abemama were occupied...


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