<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwARk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marines</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makin_Island_raid" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Makin Island raid">raid</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a>-held Pacific island of Makin.