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Fallen WWII Marines find resting place
Arlington National Cemetery receives the remains of 13 World War II Marines from the 2nd Raider Battalion killed at the 1942 Makin Atoll raid. After 59 years on a South Pacific battlefield, the Marines were flown from Hawaii to Andrews Air Force Base and then to Arlington.
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Washington
Makin Atoll
Gilbert Islands
Arlington National Cemetery
Makin
Butaritari
2Nd Raider Battalion
Coral Reef
Hawaii
Andrews Air Force Base
U.S. Marine Raider Association
Arlington