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Bringing home the lost Marines of Tarawa

In November 1943, 18,000 U.S. Marines stormed the Pacific island of Tarawa. It took the Marines three days to take the island. But the struggle to bring the fallen soldiers home has lasted 70 years. Chip Reid reports.
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