Now, as the debate comes to a head in Washington, it seems pertinent to express the views of those who feel that conscription in any guise is a war measure out of keeping with the peacetime policy of ...

The Japanese were placed on the defensive as the U.S. began taking ... On February 19, 1945, American forces invaded the tiny island of Iwo Jima to secure airstrips for American B-29 flyers.

All he cared about, however, was getting to Iwo Jima, which he reached ... (Photo Credit: William D. Moss / Defense Link / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) Stretcher bearers carried Jacklyn Lucas to ...

Whether you need to find a book for that special navalist in your life, or if you need something to read on the beach with your toes in the sand ... American Firepower and Amphibious Assault from ...

Cameron Dicker of the Los Angeles Chargers made the first successful fair-catch kick in the NFL since 1976 on Thursday night, connecting from 57 yards right before halftime against the Denver Broncos ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A photojournalist who captured one of the most enduring images of World War II — the U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima — had a block in ...

Sands of Iwo Jima This is a vast saga [by Harry Brown] of a marine platoon whose history is traced from its early combat training through its storming of Iwo Jima's beaches to the historic flag ...

Corporal Don Graves was in a fox hole on Iwo Jima, close to Japanese lines, when he heard a Japanese soldier inviting him over. By Paul Szoldra Updated on Feb 23, 2021 The Battle of Iwo Jima ...

Later Worth became an officer and commanded a team of military dog handlers in the battle of Iwo Jima. He was an eyewitness ... of a program called “Dogs for Defense.” Some dogs were taught ...

Uncovering the environmental costs of WWII on Iwo Jima, Japan, where elevated heavy metal levels persist in Iwo Jima’s iconic ...

Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has thrown his weight behind those calling for the introduction of Shari’ah law in the South-West region of Nigeria. Oba Akanbi who defended the move ...