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History -- Pacific: Lost Tarawa period drama of the fragile boundaries ofOn November 20, 1943, one of the most ferocious battles in US history began. The target a tiny island called Tarawa. With its vital airfield, Tarawa was the first step in the island hopping campaign that would lead to Japan. Naval bombardment proved ineffective, landing craft got stuck on the reef, and US Marines waded ashore to face deadly Japanese fire. Japanese troops boasted that a million Americans couldn't take the island in a hundred years. The