US Marines launched a scathing attack on Iwo Jima island during World War II. Capturing the island, about eight kilometres ...
With genuine volcanic sand from the sulphur island, the Praesidus Iwo Jima 80th Commemoration A-11 watches offer a rare ...
The Library of Congress has preserved recordings from Marine Corp combat correspondents sent into the field during the battles at Iwo Jima 80 years ago. The correspondents recorded everything from ...
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, the Falmouth Community Veterans Center is presenting a photo lecture of the battle of Iwo ...
The Bombing of Darwin, coupled with the Fall of Singapore just days before, marked the “lowest point” of the Pacific War for ...
Eighty years ago this week, tens of thousands of Marines, along with tens of thousands of other personnel from the Navy and ...
He turned 19, digging a foxhole in the black sand. Many of his fellow Marines never lived to see their 19th or 20th birthdays ...
My legislation elevates ADVA to a full cabinet-level agency that stands shoulder-to- shoulder with other executive branch ...
This was Iwo Jima, “Sulphur Island,” a vital steppingstone to the invasion of Japan. At dawn, Feb. 19, 1945, the first 26,000 of 70,000 Marines came ashore. They met little resistance – nothing like D ...
Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...
The National Museum of the Pacific War will commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima with a special three-day event, “Iwo Jima – 80 Years ...
A Medal of Honor recipient’s portrait and citation are now out of a courthouse closet and back up on a courthouse wall. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph recently ran a letter to the editor from Ed ...