Original: Other sites of interest are the remains of American aircraft that crashed on Funafuti during World War II , when the airstrip was used by the American forces to defend the Gilbert Islands ( now Kiribati ) and the Marshall Islands .
Simplified: Other sites of interest are the remains of American aircraft that crashed on Funafuti during World War II , when the airstrip was used by the American forces to defend the Gilbert Islands ( now Kiribati ) .