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 ...

Located in the North Pacific Ocean, the islands of Pohnpei and Kosrae in the FSM are set to receive the East Micronesia Cable System (EMCS) connecting them to Tarawa in Kiribati ... reported that the ...