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Participants of the 80th Tarawa Commemoration Ceremony pose for a group photo on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Republic of Kiribati, Nov. 22, 2023.

Participants of the 80th Tarawa Commemoration Ceremony pose for a group photo on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Republic of Kiribati, Nov. 22, 2023.

Photo by Sgt. Therese Edwards

Lance Cpl. Justin Shevlin, Body Bearer, Marine Barracks Washington, prepares the U.S. flag during a funeral for repatriated Marine, Cpl. Thomas H. Cooper, at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 10, 2022. Cooper, 22, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands during World War II, and was killed in action.

Lance Cpl. Justin Shevlin, Body Bearer, Marine Barracks Washington, prepares the U.S. flag during a funeral for repatriated Marine, Cpl. Thomas H. Cooper, at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 10, 2022. Cooper, 22, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands during World War II, and was killed in action.

Photo by Cpl. Tanner Lambert

U.S. Marine Corps private first class Louis Wiesehan, Jr., of Richmond, Indiana, was killed during the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943..

U.S. Marine Corps private first class Louis Wiesehan, Jr., of Richmond, Indiana, was killed during the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943..

Photo by Courtesy Photo

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Kirk Mullins served as the presenting officer at the funeral of private first class Louis Wiesehan, Jr., on Sept. 19.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Kirk Mullins served as the presenting officer at the funeral of private first class Louis Wiesehan, Jr., on Sept. 19.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, salute a transfer case during a repatriation ceremony for the possible remains of unidentified service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during WWII, Republic of Kiribati, July 18, 2019. The remains were recently recovered from sites in the Tarawa Atoll by History Flight, Inc., a DPAA partner organization, and will be accessioned into DPAA's laboratory facility in Hawaii to begin the identification process in support of DPAA's mission to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, salute a transfer case during a repatriation ceremony for the possible remains of unidentified service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during WWII, Republic of Kiribati, July 18, 2019. The remains were recently recovered from sites in the Tarawa Atoll by History Flight, Inc., a DPAA partner organization, and will be accessioned into DPAA's laboratory facility in Hawaii to begin the identification process in support of DPAA's mission to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

Photo by Sgt. Melanye Martinez

Transfer cases containing the possible remains of fallen service members rest in in a hangar during an honorable carry for the possible remains of unidentified service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during World War II conducted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 17, 2019. The possible remains were recently recovered from the Republic of Kiribati by History Flight, a DPAA partner organization, and will be accessioned into DPAA's laboratory facility in Hawaii to begin the identification process in support of DPAA's mission to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

Transfer cases containing the possible remains of fallen service members rest in in a hangar during an honorable carry for the possible remains of unidentified service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during World War II conducted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 17, 2019. The possible remains were recently recovered from the Republic of Kiribati by History Flight, a DPAA partner organization, and will be accessioned into DPAA's laboratory facility in Hawaii to begin the identification process in support of DPAA's mission to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erin Vandehoef

Capt. Frederick Monday, the commanding officer of Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, wears his Martial Arts Instructor shirt during a ground fighting exercise in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Capt. Frederick Monday, the commanding officer of Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, wears his Martial Arts Instructor shirt during a ground fighting exercise in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

Sgt. Stephen Fisher, a section leader with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, ground fights with another Marine for the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Sgt. Stephen Fisher, a section leader with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, ground fights with another Marine for the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, prepare to step out on a motivational run commemorating the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, prepare to step out on a motivational run commemorating the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, wash off sand in the Pacific ocean after conducting ground fighting in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, wash off sand in the Pacific ocean after conducting ground fighting in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct ground fighting in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct ground fighting in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

Col. Michael Styskal, the commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, speaks to Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC) on the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Col. Michael Styskal, the commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, speaks to Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC) on the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

Cpl. David Waisner, a combat engineer with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, grapples with another Marine for the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Cpl. David Waisner, a combat engineer with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, grapples with another Marine for the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct ground fighting in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct ground fighting in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct ground fighting in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

U.S. Marines with Combat Assault Company (CAC), 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct ground fighting in conjunction with the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa, Fort Hase Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Nov. 20, 2017. CAC celebrated the anniversary with a motivational run and beach grappling to promote comradery among the Marines, while understanding the sacrifices at Tarawa. MCBH, along with its tenant units, strives to promote resiliency in remembering the past battles won and to instill in the newest generation what it means to be U.S. Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

Brig. Gen. Benjamin Watson cuts the ceremony’s cake with a bayonet during a dinner for 6th Marine Regiment at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Aug. 18, 2017. The Marines and Sailors of 6th Marine Regiment were celebrating their 100th anniversary since the regiment was created in 1917. The regiment has conducted operations in places such as Lebanon, Syria, and has been in famous battles such as Belleau Wood, Tarawa, and Saipan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pvt. Nicholas Guevara)

Brig. Gen. Benjamin Watson cuts the ceremony’s cake with a bayonet during a dinner for 6th Marine Regiment at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Aug. 18, 2017. The Marines and Sailors of 6th Marine Regiment were celebrating their 100th anniversary since the regiment was created in 1917. The regiment has conducted operations in places such as Lebanon, Syria, and has been in famous battles such as Belleau Wood, Tarawa, and Saipan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pvt. Nicholas Guevara)

Photo by Pvt. Nicholas Guevara

Marines and Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana 17 transport dirt in order to assist an archaeological team at a World War II mass grave excavation, June 13, 2017, in Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati. The Marines and Sailors that assisted were unable to work with the fragile bones of the deceased, so they assisted with back-filling holes and transporting dirt. No photos of the remains were taken in order to respect the deceased and their families.

Marines and Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana 17 transport dirt in order to assist an archaeological team at a World War II mass grave excavation, June 13, 2017, in Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati. The Marines and Sailors that assisted were unable to work with the fragile bones of the deceased, so they assisted with back-filling holes and transporting dirt. No photos of the remains were taken in order to respect the deceased and their families.

Photo by Sgt. Douglas Simons

U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 17 hold striking pads for a member of the Kiribati National Police Maritime Unit while conducting striking drills on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati, June 13, 2017. Koa Moana 17 is designed to improve theater security, law enforcement, and infantry training in the Pacific region in order to enhance interoperability with partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Juan C. Bustos)

U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 17 hold striking pads for a member of the Kiribati National Police Maritime Unit while conducting striking drills on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati, June 13, 2017. Koa Moana 17 is designed to improve theater security, law enforcement, and infantry training in the Pacific region in order to enhance interoperability with partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Juan C. Bustos)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Bustos

U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 17 show Kiribati residents hostile detainee handling techniques on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati, June 13, 2017. Koa Moana 17 is designed to improve theater security, law enforcement, and infantry training in the Pacific region in order to enhance interoperability with partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Juan C. Bustos)

U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 17 show Kiribati residents hostile detainee handling techniques on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati, June 13, 2017. Koa Moana 17 is designed to improve theater security, law enforcement, and infantry training in the Pacific region in order to enhance interoperability with partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Juan C. Bustos)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Bustos

Gunnery Sgt. Melvin G. Ashley (center) escort, and Marines with Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Funeral Detail, carry the remains of fallen Marine Pfc. James O. Whitehurst from a hearse to his final resting place at Cowarts Baptist Church Cemetery in Cowarts, Ala., April 12. Whitehurst was killed in action while fighting the Japanese at the battle of Tarawa during World War II, Nov. 20, 1943. In 2015 private, non-profit organization known as History Flight excavated what is believed to be Cemetery 27 on the island of Betio, Tarawa, and recovered the remains of multiple individuals, one of them being Whitehurst.

Gunnery Sgt. Melvin G. Ashley (center) escort, and Marines with Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Funeral Detail, carry the remains of fallen Marine Pfc. James O. Whitehurst from a hearse to his final resting place at Cowarts Baptist Church Cemetery in Cowarts, Ala., April 12. Whitehurst was killed in action while fighting the Japanese at the battle of Tarawa during World War II, Nov. 20, 1943. In 2015 private, non-profit organization known as History Flight excavated what is believed to be Cemetery 27 on the island of Betio, Tarawa, and recovered the remains of multiple individuals, one of them being Whitehurst.

Photo by Nathan Hanks