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The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) concluded the ...
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Marine veteran and Purple Heart recipient is stepping up in a big way to support others who have served ...
July 4, 1776, the thirteen American colonies broke their political connection to the Kingdom of Great Britain by declaring ...
The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...
One of the few remaining Marines who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II was laid to rest Monday at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver.
Naval aviators kicked off carrier-landing practice on Iwo Jima as the USS George Washington prepares for its first deployment since returning to Japan.
Follow a veteran of the 4th Marine Division as he returns to Iwo Jima for the final time. We also chronicle a son who has spent decades trying to get details of his father's time on Iwo, with ...
Photos of Marty Connor, along with one of his original 5th Marine Division patches, are propped in the black sand along one of Iwo Jima's landing beaches, with Mount Suribachi in the background ...
One of his great-grandfather’s stories — about landing on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945 — still sticks with him. The Marines were under so much gunfire that, as Justice recalled, “all you had ...
A 19-year-old Waynesboro area Marine who lost his life during the World War II assault on Iwo Jima 80 years ago is being remembered by Stories Behind the Stars.
Robert Boyd Jr. begged his widowed mother to let him join the Marines during World War II before he turned 18. He survived the trial by fire at Iwo Jima ...
So, the fact Iwo Jima had a landing strip on it was important for that reason, as well as serving as a base for the projected attack on Tokyo.” But the victory came at a tremendous cost to the Marines ...