If your goal for a tropical getaway is to infuse history with stunning island beauty, all while avoiding crowds, this ...

Manufacturer: Ingalls Shipbuilding Service: USN, USMC Armament: 2x RAM launchers; 2x NATO Sea Sparrow launchers; 3x 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts; 4x .50 cal. machine guns; 4x 25 mm Mk 38 machine guns ...

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 ...

In what may be dubbed as a demonstration of its capability and a warning to China and its navy, the US has destroyed its own decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa, in the Pacific Ocean.