To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the battle, Praesidus Watch Co. released a truly unique line of watches that contain black volcanic sand from Iwo Jima. In 2024, Praesidus honored the 80th ...

Reflecting on the past These days, Jessor keeps some mementos on his work desk to remind him of his time on Iwo Jima: a deactivated Japanese hand grenade he took home from the battle and a jar ...

volcanic ash and black sand burying the dead. An American soldier giving a captured Japanese soldier a cigarette. Roughly 70,000 American soldiers fought to take Iwo Jima. More than 6,500 were killed.

"I do hope she has lost her desire to run away from home," her father wrote two days before the first wave of Marines landed at Iwo Jima ... death on that black piece of sand." ...

(U.S. Marine Corps) Their main task was to determine what the black strip around Iwo Jima was made of ... we’ll call it sand, would support any kind of tracked or wheeled vehicle.

And then there is experience that comes with standing in the “black sand” of Red and Green Beach on Iwo Jima. There too, he said, a U.S. Marine will “feel it.” “You will hear the waves ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up ...

I fought like hell,” recalled retired Marine Raider Frank Wright of his experience during the Battle of Iwo Jima eight decades ago.

BOULDER, Colo. — Sunday marks 80 years since U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi and hoisted the American flag at Iwo Jima. The move was a symbol of hope and freedom during a tough battle and ...

Its bluffs and beaches became a vast cemetery, volcanic ash and black sand burying the dead. Roughly 70,000 U.S. soldiers fought to take Iwo Jima. More than 6,500 were killed. Of the 20,000 or so ...