181120-M-YC276-3041 TARAWA (Nov. 20, 2018) U.S. Marines with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and Marine Forces Pacific, participate in a repatriation ceremony in Betio, Tarawa Atoll, Republic of Kiribati, Nov. 20, 2018. The ceremony was held to memorialize all who paid the ultimate sacrifice during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943, and honorably transfer several remains and artifacts back to the continental U.S. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Timothy Turner/Released)