US Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting

• Ray Charles "___ Whoopee"
• Gilbert island
• Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943)
• Kiss "___ Love"
• Historic atoll
• '-- Whoopee (1929 hit)'
• Eddie Cantor's "___ Whoopee"
• "___ Whoopee!" (1920's hit)
• Ray Charles: "___ Whoopee"

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Makin is the name of a chain of islands located in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati . Makin is the northernmost of the Gilbert Islands , with a population (in 2010) of 1,798.