Hegseth vows to strengthen alliance with Japan as he joins Iwo Jima memorial service
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service ...
Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
A handful of retired Marines — all in the late 90s or over 100 — joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Prime ...
Pete Hegseth hails ‘warrior ethos’ between US and Japan at Iwo Jima memorial on 80th anniversary
Over 80,000 Marines, soldiers, and sailors from our two countries fought at Iwo Jima. More than 26,000 died here. Today, we ...
Former Texas Tech professor Bill Pasewark had tearful memories of Iwo Jima
Before he passed, former Texas Tech Professor Bill Pasewark recalled seeing "things that stay with you forever" on Iwo Jima during World War II.
Ishiba, Hegseth pay respects to war dead on Iwo Jima battlefield
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on March 29 went to the Pacific island of Iwoto, better known to the world as Iwo Jima, to ...
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‘DEI’ purge prompts Pentagon to remove webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
The Pentagon said that the page and others, which were removed under the Trump administration’s wide-ranging crackdown on ...
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Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six Marines photographed hoisting a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 ... order that Trump issued on his first day in office banning DEI from federal ...
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John Wayne persuaded World War 2 veterans to reenact their real-life duty in classic movie
It was 80 years ago today when the Allies won the Battle of Iwo Jima after a month of intense ... incorrectly identified as Schultz, was in the first flag-raising photo, and Rene Gagnon carried ...