Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Clyde Aristide Thomason (Congressional Medal of Honor Society) On Aug. 17, 1942, a party of 211 United States Marines landed on ...
On Aug. 17, 1942, a party of 211 United States Marines landed on the Japanese-occupied Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands. Their objectives, multiple: destroy local installations, take two or more ...