Colorado USMC veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most ...
Editor's Note: This is the second installment of excerpts from the diary of Anthony Sirco, a gunner on the USS Arkansas during World War II. The first article appeared in the June 2, 2024, issue of ...
BOSTON (WWLP) – Marines and their families came together at the State House on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the historic Battle of Iwo Jima. This World War II battle lasted 36 days ...
FEB. 19, 1945 -- UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Guam, (Monday) -- (AP) -- Iwo Jima's coastal defense were further shattered Sunday in the third straight day of bombardment of the ...
‘Uncommon valor was a common virtue on Iwo Jima," Adm. Chester Nimitz once said. About 100,000 Marines —many of them collegiate All-Americans — landed on the tiny volcanic island in the South Pacific ...
AUSTIN Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham, M.D. introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB’s Voices of Veterans oral history ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The invasion of Iwo Jima was a challenge of mountainous proportions - in the shape of Mount Suribachi. It was a strategic stronghold that the ...
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