Aldo Giannini: Pacific Theater

One Marine tells his story to shed light on whether a small island in the Pacific was worth the 5,000 lives it took to take it.

The story of WWII U.S. Marine veteran Aldo Giannini who fought in the infamous Battle of Tarawa. Enduring a shrapnel injury and witnessing a staggering 3,250 U.S. casualties, Aldo reflects on a battle which gained the U.S. very little in the war.