American flight #2314 is bringing home First Lieutenant Justin G. Mills of the United States Marine Corps, Active Duty. First Lieutenant Mills was “Killed in Action” on November 20, 1943 in the Battle of Tarawa. The battle took place during World War II on the Island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean. First Lieutenant Mills was 25 years old and was from Galveston, Texas and was the grandson of G.W. Wells, one of the original trail drivers of Texas. To fellow Marines, he was known as “Tex”.

American flight #2314 is bringing home First Lieutenant Justin G. Mills of the United States Marine Corps, Active Duty. First Lieutenant Mills was “Killed in Action” on November 20, 1943 in the Battle of Tarawa. The battle took place during World War II on the Island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean. First Lieutenant Mills was 25 years old and was from Galveston, Texas and was the grandson of G.W. Wells, one of the original trail drivers of Texas. To fellow Marines, he was known as “Tex”.