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Fallen And Forgotten
Marine Corps vet pays $30K of his own money to bring fallen brothers home
Fallen And Forgotten
No longer left behind, Marines return American servicemen forgotten 74 years ago
Marines carried two coffins draped in American flags to the cargo hold. Their feet clacked in step, setting the tempo for a mission that reached its historical crescendo.
Fallen And Forgotten
Could your relative be MIA on Tarawa? Here’s our WWII database
Today, 452 American service members are still unrecovered from Tarawa, but not all descendants may realize their fallen relatives are actually missing. We put together this database for loved ones to find out.
Fallen And Forgotten
Fallen & Forgotten: Why were these missing WWII heroes buried under pavement?
Howard Brisbane's relatives thought he was buried in an idyllic setting. But only days after his death, the WWII servicemember's gravesite was gone – turned into a parking lot, first paved by Americans.
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How to help History Flight find missing servicemen
When funds meant to help recover missing servicemen started declining, non-profits like History Flight began to fill the void.
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TIMELINE: The Battle of Tarawa & a family's journey to the truth
This timeline details the Battle of Tarawa – and the Brisbane Family's journey to the truth about Navy sailor Howard Pascal Brisbane.
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Pentagon issues no apology for keeping WWII grave destruction secret
They thought he was buried on a beach resembling the solemn shores of Normandy – white crosses marking the dead on a sandbar U.S. Marines called, "one square mile of hell.
Fallen And Forgotten
8 facts you didn't know about Tarawa
There are picturesque scenes fit for a postcard, but the remnants of a horrific, bloody war remain. Sandy beaches and turquoise waters give way to bunkers, ghost ships, and extreme poverty.
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Pentagon problems undermine recovery of MIA troops, as families wait 74 years later
DeWaun Neprud is still waiting to learn what happened to her great-uncle – if his body was lost in a South Pacific lagoon, or, buried in a lost grave.
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Who was Howard Brisbane? A Navy sailor his family never knew was MIA
He remained in a mass grave for more than 70 years, forgotten on a tiny island in the Pacific. That is, until private, American citizens stepped up.
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BLOG: Journey to Tarawa
More than 7,000 miles from Arlington National Cemetery lie the bodies of sailors and marines who lost their lives in World War II during the Battle of Tarawa.
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