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	Tarawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tarawa is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, previously the capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
		North Tarawa or Tarawa Ieta (all the islets on the east side north of Bonriki).
		During World War II, Tarawa was occupied by the Japanese, and starting on November 20, 1943 it was the scene of the bloody Battle of Tarawa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tarawa (437 words)

	Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group [LHA 1]
		Tarawa is the first in a new generation of multipurpose amphibious assault ships, a vital member of the Navy/Marine Corps team in the Pacific Fleet and a major factor in U.S. projection power overseas.
		USS Tarawa (LHA-1) left her berth Jan. 6, 2003 and headed west for a six-month deployment, amid the nation's continued preparations for the possibility of a conflict in the Arabian Gulf region.
		Tarawa, and atoll in those islands, was the scene of a major amphibious assault and on of the proudest testaments to valor in U.S. Marine Corps history.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lha-1.htm (1880 words)

	USS Tarawa (LHA-1) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Tarawa (LHA-1), nicknamed "Eagle of the Sea", is a United States Navy amphibious assault ship, the lead ship of her class, and the second ship to be named for the island of Tarawa, site of a Marine landing during World War II.
		She was laid down in November 1972 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by Ingalls Shipbuilding, launched 1 December 1973, sponsored by Audrey B. Cushman, the wife of General Thomas J. Cushman, former Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned on 29 May 1976, Capt. James H. Morris in command.
		Tarawa is the first of five ships in a new class of general-purpose amphibious assault ships and combines in one ship type the functions previously performed by four different types: the amphibious assault ship (LPH), the amphibious transport dock (LPD), the amphibious cargo ship (LKA), and the dock landing ship (LSD).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Tarawa_(LHA-1) (573 words)

	USS Tarawa (CV-40) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tarawa remained in the Norfolk area until 15 February 1946, when she sailed for shakedown training in the vicinity of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and returned briefly to Norfolk on 16 April, before visiting New York in the latter part of the month.
		Tarawa transited the Panama Canal early in July and reached San Diego, California on the 15th.
		Tarawa returned to Pearl Harbor on 11 March for about a month, then headed for the west coast and arrived in San Francisco on 29 April.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Tarawa_(CV-40) (1176 words)

	Kiribati - Historical Tarawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Campbell was on Tarawa and I remember being impressed both by the manner in which everything in her department was done, and also by the degree of bravery displayed by an English woman in living at such a far distant and isolated place.
		Probably the results of the battle of Tarawa made the Japanese realise that they had no hope of South Sea Island domination, and their policy was to put up a hard fight at their other mid-Pacific bases in order to improve their prospects in case of a negotiated peace.
		Tarawa will ever be classed among the bloodiest battles of the war, an epic fight, one in which the gallantry, resource and determination of the marines carried the issue to victory.
	www.janesoceania.com /kiribati_historical_tarawa (2365 words)

	USN Ships--USS Tarawa (CV/CVA/CVS-40, AVT-12)
		USS Tarawa, a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier, was built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia.
		Tarawa began a voyage to the east coast "the long way round" beginning in late September 1948, calling on ports in China, Singapore, Ceylon, the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean before arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, in February 1949.
		Tarawa was recalled to active duty after the outbreak of the Korean War, recommissioning in February 1951.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-t/cv40.htm (807 words)

	Tarawa
		The first Tarawa (CV-40) was laid down on 1 March 1944 at the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched on 12 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs.
		Tarawa transited the Panama Canal early in July and reached San Diego on the 15th.
		Tarawa in 1958, operating as an antisubmarine carrier (CVS—40) with Grumman S2F Trackers on her deck.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/t2/tarawa-i.htm (1020 words)

	Kiribati: Tarawa Massacre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tarawa, one of the sixteen atoll which form the Gilbert Group, is a triangular atoll lying just 80 miles north of the equator.
		Tarawa is a port of entry and the main centre of the group.
		Betio, on the South﷓west corner of Tarawa, was the scene of one of﷓the fiercest American landing assaults during the Pacific War, on November 24, 1943.
	www.wysiwyg.co.nz /kiribati/tarawa1.html (3442 words)

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		Tarawa Atoll, specifically Betio Island, was selected as the target of the main assault because it contained an airfield and the bulk of the Japanese defenses.
		Tarawa was the first major amphibious assault in the Pacific in which U.S. troops faced sustained opposition on the beach.
		During the Battle of Tarawa, Nov. 20-23, 1943, the Liscome Bay was sunk by enemy torpedoes, with a loss of 645 lives.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/wwii/facts/tarawa.txt (2505 words)

	Tarawa - The Aftermath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The battle for Tarawa was a pivotal event in the Pacific Theater at the end of 1943.
		This is the story of Tarawa and Betio before and after the assault, including life there through the rest of the war years.
		Tarawa served as a staging base for the next attack of the Central Pacific Drive toward Japan, the assault on the Marshall Islands.
	tarawatheaftermath.com (367 words)

	Kiribati: Tarawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tarawa is the capital, of which the southern part is heavily urbanised.
		South Tarawa has three urban centres (Betio, Bairiki and Bikenibeu), and is more or less now completely settled from Bonriki (where the airport is) all the way down to Bairiki.
		On Tarawa the power plant is located in Betio and consists of one 1,000 KW, two 750 KW, and three smaller generators.
	www.wysiwyg.co.nz /kiribati/tarawa.html (1838 words)

	Building the Navy's Bases Online: Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands
		The assault on Tarawa on November 20, 194, was bitterly contested.
		Tarawa, a triangular-shaped atoll, is composed of a series of islands in a reef, covering 22 miles in length.
		The first echelons of the construction battalions scheduled for Tarawa, the 74th and 98th, arrived in the lagoon November 24, 1943, D-plus-4, and advance reconnaissance went ashore as soon as the islands were declared secure.
	microworks.net /pacific/bases/btnb_online/tarawa.htm (1826 words)

	The Invasion of Tarawa
		Also the concept of more is better than less was demonstrated at Tarawa as many amtracs were disabled before they could land their troops.
		Marines of the 2nd Division landed on Tarawa on 20 Nov 1943.
		Planners considered Tarawa an obvious target as Allied planes would be able to use the airstrip to control the Gilberts.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/6991/Tarawa.htm (995 words)

	USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Our history, mission, departments, news, photos, and personnel support pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tarawa was awarded her fourth Admiral Flatley Award and her first Commander, Seventh Fleet, Amphibious Warfare Excellence Award for the '92 deployment.
		Tarawa departed San Diego in April 1996 for her ninth deployment to the Western Pacific/Arabian Gulf.
		Tarawa then proceeded to the Red Sea to participate in exercise Indigo Serpent with the Royal Saudi Arabian Navy and exercise Infinite Moonlight with the Royal Jordanian Navy, the first such exercise with the nation of Jordan.
	www.tarawa.navy.mil /history/lha1_3.html (344 words)

	Battle of Tarawa
		The islet group of Tarawa, about 2,400 miles southwest of Hawaii, was held by the Japanese from 1941 to 1943 during World War II, and it fell to U.S. Marines of the Second Division after a bloody 76-hour battle.
		Tarawa's military significance lay in its strategic position as the entrance of the U.S. push through the central Pacific to the Philippine Islands.
		The islet was a tough Japanese fortification of pillboxes, bunkers, and barbed wire protecting an airfield, occupied by the main concentration of their forces, numbering 4,700 soldiers and construction workers.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1752.html (962 words)

	Tarawa and Makin, Gilbert Islands November 1943
		Tarawa Atoll is a series of small islands in the Gilberts.
		Tarawa was far more heavily fortified than any island the Allies had encountered before; to attack it the growing strength of the United States Navy would mobilize a fleet of dozens of ships.
		At dusk the Americans had taken enough ground to ensure that Tarawa would be taken; the only question was the amount of blood.
	www.worldwar2database.com /html/tarawa.htm (767 words)

	USS Tarawa (CV 40)
		On October 1, 1952, the TARAWA was redesignated as CVA 40 after she had been decommissioned from June 30, 1949 - February 3, 1951.
		USS TARAWA was eventually decommissioned on May 13, 1960, and placed in reserve at Philadelphia, Pa. While there, TARAWA was again redesignated when she became AVT 12 in May 1961.
		USS TARAWA was laid down on 1 March 1944 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, launched on 12 May 1945, sponsored by Mrs.
	navysite.de /cv/cv40.htm (1180 words)

	mnot - Building Web Applications with Tarawa
		In Tarawa, method docstrings are used both to provide documentation for people and to associate metadata with the method, for use by the Tarawa engine.
		Tarawa accommodates this by allowing Resources to declare a relationship to one or more child resources (which themselves are Resources).
		Tarawa allows the Web application itself to state preferences that are used in these cases.
	www.mnot.net /tarawa/tutorial.html (2297 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Tarawa (CV 40) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tarawa transited the Panama Canal early in July and reached San Diego on 15 July 1946.
		On 21 February 1949, she ended her voyage at Norfolk, Va. From then until early summer, the carrier conducted normal operations a long the east coast and in the Caribbean area.
		On 30 November 1950, she was ordered reactivated in response to the Navy's urgent need for warships — particularly for aircraft carriers — -to prosecute the war which had erupted in Korea the previous summer.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv40-tarawa/cv40-tarawa.html (1043 words)

	Water Resource Conflicts in Tarawa
		From discussions with the wider community of South Tarawa it emerged that the people of Bonriki were resented because they were perceived as receiving unwarranted special treatment for loss of their land.
		Many landowners in South Tarawa were suffering the stress of overcrowding, dislocation and increasing demand to accommodate and support relatives from the outer islands (Tebano 1996).
		The situation on South Tarawa is to some extent specific to the culture and history of Kiribati, and to the socio-economic conditions prevailing on that island, but in other respects certain principles may be applied further afield where government bodies are negotiating with communities on water resource use.
	www.unesco.org /csi/act/pacific/tarawa.htm (5575 words)

	The Bloody Battle of Tarawa, 1943
		Tarawa is located approximately 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii.
		The military importance of Tarawa lay in its strategic location at the gateway of the US drive through the central Pacific towards the Philippines.
		The largest of Tarawa's islets is Betio measuring less than 3 miles in length and 1/2 mile in width.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /tarawa.htm (1811 words)

	Tarawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Tarawa consists of a minimum of 24 islands, of which a minimum of 8 are inhabited.
		This atoll has three main subdivisions: Teinainano Urban Council (or TUC), from Bairiki to Bonriki, known in English as South Tarawa, the capital of the republic; Betio Town Council (or BTC), on Betio Islet; North Tarawa or Tarawa Ieta (all the islets of the North Branch).
		The main administrative centre for the Republic of Kiribati is located on Bairiki, one of the southernmost islets on Tarawa.
	www.aaaah.org /wiki/en/ta/Tarawa.htm (255 words)

	Tarawa, Kiribati
		The capital is Tarawa and the population of 65,000 is mainly Micronesian.
		Local taxis and buses are available on South Tarawa and boats and ferries operate to the outer islands.
		When you visit Tarawa you should not miss a tour to view the many World War 2 relics still to be seen.
	www.hideawayholidays.com.au /trw_.htm (272 words)

	Kiribati - Wars In Tarawa
		On Tarawa, warfare was common between the various kaainga and districts.
		The wars on Tarawa were usually between competing chiefs, but sometimes other islands got involved, as when some chiefs of Abaiang fought at Tarawa in the war called "Nanon te Rawa" (which means "passage" because the war took place at the passage between Ukiangang and Nuatabu).
		By this time power on Tarawa was concentrated at Betio in the south and at Tabiang in the north.l There were struggles over the leadership of Tarawa.
	www.janeresture.com /kiriwars/main5.htm (2178 words)

	Tarawa
		Tarawa is an Web server API, similar to Java's Servlet interface; it provides an abstraction of the Web server that allows you to easily write Web applications, without knowing the details of the HTTP protocol.
		Tarawa was designed to test sail rigs, hull shapes and steering systems to be used with shunting canoes.
		The battle for Tarawa was a pivotal event in the Pacific Theater at the end of 1943.This is the story of Tarawa and Betio before and after the assault, including life there through the rest of the...
	www.toursurf.com /resources/11/Tarawa.html (592 words)

	Big Island Real Estate, Kona Real Estate, MLS
		They named it Camp Tarawa and in the months that followed, the young Marines billeted there healed their wounds, regrouped and began training for the biggest, fiercest battles of the War in the Pacific.
		When they left Camp Tarawa, it was to fight the Battle of Iwo Jima, one of the most decisive and bloodiest battles of World War II.
		What remains of Camp Tarawa today is largely in the mind's eye, images from old fl and white photos superimposed on green ranchland.
	www.clarkhawaii.com /tarawa.html (1004 words)

	A Soldiers Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He was never depressed about it, in fact, I still find it hard to reconcile his cheerful nature with what I know about the battles he took part in.
		Tarawa definitely left its mark on him, though, because I believe it burned the capacity for real fear out of him.
		Now that I think about it, I do remember that the thing that bothered him most about Tarawa was the way that some of the Navy drivers didn't drive their LVTs in far enough, and some of the Marines drowned because the water was too deep for wading.
	www.isomedia.com /homes/delwood/Tarawa/BRT_Memories.html (453 words)

	Overseas Saga of C-47A, - Stop # 4
		We were eagerly looking forward to walking on its "hallowed ground," and after five hours flight time, we started straining our eyes, and passed our one set of binoculars from one person to another, looking for it on the horizon.
		The military admits there were mistakes made, especially regarding the Tides at TARAWA, but the lessons learned helped in the planning of future invasions.
		TARAWA is off the beaten track, and besides those of the Air Echelon of our own 318th Troop Carrier Squadron, who took this Northern Route, I don't think I know of a dozen people who had walked on
	www.centercomp.com /cgi-bin/dc3/story?1322 (897 words)

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