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Pfc. Joseph Robert Livermore KIA 22 November 1943 Tarawa

Hero Home---U.S. Marine Pfc. Joseph Robert Livermore KIA 22 NOVEMBER 1943 TARAWA! Seventy-six years after he was killed in hand-to-hand combat and was lost to the fog of war, the remains of U.S. Marine Pfc. Joseph Robert Livermore is finally home! Livermore, was 19 when he enlisted in the Marines just days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was only 21 when he was killed by an enemy bayonet, fighting in hand-to-hand combat on the heavily fortified, Japanese-held island of Betio. According to a presidential unit citation awarded to the Second Marine Division and related units "for outstanding performance in combat during the seizure and occupation of the Japanese-held Atoll of Tarawa" in late November 1943, the amphibious landing by some 18,000 Marines went horribly wrong. And yet they prevailed. "Forced by treacherous coral reefs to disembark from their landing craft hundreds of yards off the beach, the Second Marine Division (Reinforced) became a highly vulnerable target for devastating Japanese fire," the citation reads. "Dauntlessly advancing in spite of rapidly mounting losses," it continues, "the Marines fought a gallant battle against crushing odds, clearing the limited beachheads of snipers and machine guns, reducing powerfully fortified enemy positions and completely annihilating the fanatically determined and strongly entrenched Japanese forces." Livermore survived. But two days later, on Nov. 22, 1943, the young Marine was fatally wounded by an enemy's bayonet. He was buried on the island, along with nearly 1,000 other Marines. Thankfully he has now been identified, returned home, and laid to rest. #AHeroRememberedNeverDies #Neverforget #HonoringOurFallen #Saytheirnames