100-year-old veteran remembers the raising of the flag after the Battle of Iwo Jima

A 100-year-old veteran who survived the Battle of Iwo Jima recounts his experience and the freedom he's enjoyed since the Allies won World War II.
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Battle of Iwo Jima: The 36-Day Struggle for Survival

In the spring of 1945, The Battle of Iwo Jima raged between the US Marines and Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Army. Tasked with capturing the Japanese island and its accompanying airfields, the US ...
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Arkansans fought, died in the bloody Battle of Iwo Jima 80 years ago

On March 3, 1945, Jack Williams, 21, of Harrison was ashore on Iwo Jima, Japan, tending to wounded Marines who were engaged in a fierce battle to dislodge Japanese forces from the island. As a Navy ...
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State House remembers the Battle of Iwo Jima on 80th anniversary

BOSTON (WWLP) – Marines and their families came together at the State House on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary ...
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WWII Navy corpsman remembered at Pikes Peak National Cemetery for his service during Iwo Jima

Renee Tabet explained her stepfather, Escolastico “Cole” Griego, a young Navy corpsman drafted at 19, was tasked with making life-and-death decisions on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World ...
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The Battle of Iwo Jima began 80 years ago. Listen to recordings from the front lines

Staff Sgt. Alvin Joesphy Jr.'s voice from Iwo Jima is insistent, but collected. It rings through time with bell-like clarity. "An American dive bombing attack is taking place just ahead of us on the ...