USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Reception in Valparaiso, Chile Friday, August 21, 2009 USS Makin Island Reception in Valparaiso, Chile

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Recent World War II history is apparent on few of islands of Kiribati particularly Tarawa, Makin (now called Butaritari) and Abemama in the Gilbert group, and Banaba Ocean Island. The Gilbert Atolls did not feel the impact of World War II until the Japanese entered the Pacific

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• Oceania
• Butaritari
• Battle of Makin
• Battle of Tarawa
• Makin Island raid
• Buariki
• Abemama
• USS Nautilus
• Tarawa
• Gilbert Islands
• Geography of Oceania
• Geography of Kiribati