Joseph H. Alexander, World War II Commemorative Series, Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima (Washington, D.C.: Marine Corps Historical Center, 1994), p. 47. 2. Lineage and honors ...

More than 40 reels of combat footage were used to bring to life the bloodiest conflict in the history of the US Marine Corps in this PBS film about the World War II battle for Iwo Jima Documenting ...

Iwo Jima is not a place, we complained to one another, where you feel you're allowed to complain. We went out into the deep, steep-pitched, sucking sand of the D-Day landing beaches. Thirty ...

The photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi after the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima against ...

The Iwo Jima memorial site of the only one of its kind in the world because it was built by those who survived the battle.

It also embedded black sand from the volcanic island deep in his body. The sand of Iwo Jima continued to flake out of his skin like bits of black pepper for the rest of his long life, said his ...

The Iowa Goldstar Museum at Camp Dodge in Johnston is hosting an event Saturday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of ...

John Wayne earned a 1949 Best Actor Academy Award nomination for one of his most iconic roles, as the battle-hardened leader of a squad of recruits, in Allan Dwan's SANDS OF IWO JIMA. Haunted by ...

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 ...

A local all-girl scout troop spent some time in the days leading to Memorial Day helping a veteran who was in need of yard work. Troop 7339 – now part of Scouts, BSA (Boy Scouts of America) ...