IWO JIMA, Japan - Maj. Sean Stinchon stands at the base of Hill 362A and scans a map drawn up by Navy Seabees in 1948 that is deeply creased and covered in reddish brown dirt. The map shows a ...
Note: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect name for Lawrence Waltrip’s company, Signature Mulch. JAMES CITY — Months after its founder’s death, the completion of the planned Iwo Jima ...
DOSS, Texas - The nation's largest 60th-anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Iwo Jima did not occur on an island or, for that matter, anywhere close to salt water. Some 30 acres on a Hill Country ...
DOSS, Texas (AP) -- As the sound of artillery filled the air, about 200 performers carrying M1 carbines climbed a muddy hill on a central Texas ranch marking the nation's largest 60th-anniversary ...
Editor’s note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima. In February 2020, Military Times interviewed Marine Corps veteran and Iwo Jima survivor Don Harris.