Betio was the site of the battle of Tarawa, in which 6,000 Japanese and US soldiers lost their lives in three days of fierce fighting in November 1943. Photo:
On Wednesday, leaders from Guam and Japan gathered to repatriate remains of up to eight Japanese soldiers from World War two, back home.
As Guam correspondent Naina Rao reports, officials singed off the transfer at the Guam Governor's office.
