<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Marshall_Islands_campaign" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign">Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign</a>, U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Army">Army</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marines" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Marines">Marine</a> forces <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kwajalein" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Kwajalein">seize Kwajalein Atoll</a> from the defending <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> garrison.