Video by Cpl. James Bourgeois and Sgt. Robert Knapp | Marine Barracks Washington | 01.30.2020
Today, Barracks Marines paid a final tribute to repatriated WWII Marine Pfc. Michael Kocopy at Arlington National Cemetery. Fair winds and following seas, Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Robert Knapp, Cpl. James Bourgeois)...
Video by Cpl. Leynard Kyle Plazo | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.22.2019
Marines with 2nd Marine Division began their assault on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll on Nov. 22, 1943, during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Leynard Plazo)...
Video by Cpl. Leynard Kyle Plazo | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.22.2019
Marines with 2nd Marine Division began their assault on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll on Nov. 23, 1943, during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Leynard Plazo)...
Video by Cpl. Leynard Kyle Plazo | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.21.2019
Marines with 2nd Marine Division began their assault on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll on Nov. 21, 1943, during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Leynard Plazo)...
Video by Cpl. Leynard Kyle Plazo | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.20.2019
Marines with 2nd Marine Division began their assault on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll on Nov. 20, 1943, during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Leynard Plazo)...
Video by Senior Airman Dhruv Gopinath | Regional Media Center - Japan | 11.27.2018
On this Ni2, relief efforts continue on Tinian and Saipan after Super Typhoon Yutu, Soldiers in Japan conduct a downed aircraft casualty exercise with their Japanese firefighting and medical partners, and Marines head to Kiribati to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Tarawa ....
Video by Cpl. Liah Smuin | 2nd Marine Division | 11.20.2018
U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Division (2D MarDiv) conducted anniversary ceremonies both aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Republic of Kiribati, Nov. 20, 2018. 2D MarDiv commemorated the sacrifices of the Marines and Sailors who fought during the battle of Tarawa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Aaron Douds and Cpl. Liah Smuin)...
Video by Sgt. Sylvia Tapia | 2nd Marine Division | 11.19.2018
On Nov. 20, 1943, U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Marine Division commenced the Battle of Tarawa, a major offensive during World War II. The ensuing 76-hour fight saw unprecedented bloodshed for both U.S. and Japanese forces. The U.S. emerged victorious, however, and would eventually defeat the Japanese in the Pacific in August 1945. Today, Marines and Sailors with 2nd Marine Division......
