Rear Adm. Harry Hill, who command the task force attacking Tarawa, called Betio "a little Gibraltar" and said "only the Marines could have made such a landing." Four Marines were awarded the Medal ...

The Tarawa-class LHAs and Wasp-class LHDs provide the Marine Corps with a means of ship-to-shore movement by helicopter in addition to movement by landing craft. Three LHAs -- which have extensive ...

and the Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA) vessels. Designed to replace the Tarawa class, the Navy’s America-class LHA amphibious assault ships are based in part on the last ship of the Wasp-class ...

A cable landing station has been delivered in Pohnpei, Micronesia. Pohnpei is one of four states comprising the Federated ...