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Marine snipers, often overlooked, build a memorial for their fallen
The Marine Corps sniper community is seeking honor their community's fallen via a new war memorial. Members of the Marine ...
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The Story Behind the World-Famous Photograph of U.S. Marines Raising the American Flag During the Battle of Iwo Jima
Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photos from Iwo Jima helped the United States raise $26 billion for the war and served as the basis for the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia Sarah Holzmann ...
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Legendary Marine Corps Sgt. John Basilone honored at Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial
SAN DIEGO — A Marine Corps hero was honored Wednesday, 80 years after he died in World War II. The legendary ... the Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial. While leading an assault on the ...
The Herald-Times10d
Pandemic gives Indiana vet time to write down - and publish - memories of Vietnam
Touring Arlington National Cemetery, the boy was awestruck by the Marine Corps War Memorial near the cemetery. Based on an iconic photograph, the statue features six Marines raising the American ...
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Battle of Iwo Jima veterans honor 80th anniversary of famed World War II battle
Some of the men who braved those shores are in town to mark this key turning point in World War II. One by one ... They finished their tour at the Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington where active ...
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Heroic war dog honored with a statue in Tuscaloosa's Veterans Memorial Park
Lucca, a U.S. Marine Corps war dog, was honored with a statue in Veterans Memorial Park in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on K-9 Veteran's Day. Lucca served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan ...