
Blood and Coral
It was the toughest amphibious landing yet for U.S. Marines in the Pacific, but the struggle for Tarawa’s Betio Island ...
December 2023
Fast-Carrier Attack Against Tarawa
With amphibious operations pending in the Gilberts, the Pacific Fleet’s Task Force 15, augmented by Army B-24s, launched a two-day air attack on target no ...
December 2023
The Explosion that Built the Soviet Navy
The Novorossiysk disaster ended the age of the Russian battleship and ushered in the USSR’s nuclear-powered submarine era.
December 2023
Beirut: A Remembrance
Early on a Sunday morning in October 1983, a suicide bomber in a truck delivered to the Marine Corps its largest single-day death toll since ...
December 2023