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Re: Battlefield Monuments
THIS SIMPLE CROSS WAS ERECTED at the western tip of Betio as a monument in memory of the 2nd Division Marines who were killed in the battle for Tarawa.
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"We Will Stay Here, If We Must All Go to Hell Together" -Col. John R. Cooke, 27th NC, Hatcher's Run, 2 April 1865 Avatar: My Grandfather on the right. His twin on the left. Their older brother in the middle. In their Navy Blues
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