[DemforBush]

The remains of these brave men will be coming home this month. The team hopes to find the graves of the other Marines who died in the fighting.

[garjog]

Men like them literally save the world.

Now that Obama has degraded and destroyed our military we are in sorry shape.

[Lurker]

Rest easy my brothers. You’re coming home.

Semper Fi.

L

[nickcarraway]

Semper Fi

[W.]

Marine Corps--First in, never forgotten!

[Yogafist]

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tarawa.htm

[Sivad]

My dad who passed away this last May was
a WWII paratrooper w/ the 11th AB. After
fighting in the mountain jungles across the
width of Leyte he volunteered to join a
detail assigned to retrieve the bodies of
fellow troopers KIA and temporarily buried
at the various battle locations and take them
to Ormoc Bay where the division ended their
Leyte campaign. They had a detailed map.

The article did not indicate whether or not the
recovered Marines had been temporarily buried or
not found at all after the battle. I would sure
like to find out what happened. Thanks for posting.
I will try to follow this story.

[the_daug]

I know a marine that was at Tarawa. He said many of if not most of the Marines were killed by friendly fire.

[ExTxMarine]

Semper Fi, my brothers!

Welcome home, you wonderful warriors! Thank you for your sacrifice!

[Jack Hammer]

Many brave Marines who attacked Tarawa were killed wading ashore, their bodies never recovered.