They operated from that island during the invasion of the Gilbert Islands.
She set sail on 28 December for the Gilbert Islands.
It encompasses the atoll of the same name in the Gilbert Islands.
From there, regular service was provided to all 16 domestic airports in the Gilbert Islands.
The Gilbert Islands were the first step in this chain.
I-21 made her final report on 27 November 1943, off the Gilbert Islands, following which she was never heard from again.
She departed four days later on an escort voyage to the Gilbert Islands.
Christian missionaries from the Gilbert Islands also arrived at the island in 1888.
In this case around two hundred miles west and a touch north of the Gilbert Islands.
She followed her husband to the Gilbert Islands like most of the missionary wives.
