Land of the rising sea Nov 21, 2009
Straddling the equator, with islands sprinkled across ocean roughly the size of Australia, the former Gilbert Islands comprise one of the world's poorest nations. One in four adults is in paid work, yet migration to Tarawa from outer islands has surged. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Amelia Earhart Paid Two Visits Here Oct 23, 2009
When McKenzie served on the Marshall and Gilbert Islands during World War II, he was instructed to look out for pieces of aluminum wreckage. "They thought it might be from Earhart's plane, that the Japanese might have captured her," he says. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Military history display comes to Paragould Sep 6, 2009
U.S. Marine Corps military historians George Jones and David Pratt are representatives of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, who made landfall at Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands, on Nov. 22, 1943. It was a bloodbath, Jones said, as he pitched a camouflaged two-man half-shelter tent. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Gerald Gene Thompson Aug 27, 2009
Gene served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served on the USS San Francisco heavy cruiser and the USS Gilbert Islands aircraft carrier. He was a machinist s mate second class. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
> read more Jul 28, 2009
We'd arrived that morning in a small boat from Tarawa, the main atoll of Kiribati (the Gilbert Islands). Few other reports I've seen make any mention of this hot-pink prominence, which was so striking on the Moon's left edge to me with 4x binoculars and to three others in our group with no optical aid at all. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
N.D. native played key role in Antarctic Jul 12, 2009
Black saw his first major offensive action in late November 1943 at the Battle of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. In June and July of 1944, the U.S. faced the Japanese at the decisive Battle of Saipan in the Marianas. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
