Maud Bodoukian Meyrant

Nov 18, 2023 | nytimes.com | Natasha Frost |Maud Bodoukian Meyrant

Asia Pacific|The Bloody, 76-Hour Battle on a Tiny Atoll That Helped End World War IIhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/world/asia/battle-of-tarawa-anniversary-photos.htmlOver three days of intense fighting, thousands of soldiers perished on beaches and in the ocean for a prize — a strategic speck of coral sand and its critical air strip, in the middle of the Pacific — that would help decide the outcome of World War II.