The New Jersey native commanded the 6th Marine War Dog Platoon, which participated in the battle for Iwo Jima in February and March 1945. He lived in Omaha with his daughter and son-in-law ...

His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...

The National WWII Museum gives us a little background story that explains how Jack ended up at the bloody grounds of Iwo Jima at such a young age: “While most 14-year-old boys contributed to the war ...

Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

"But I'm content with what I have, and the best souvenir of all will be my two dog tags around ... span at the end of the war, he witnessed more history at Iwo Jima and learned about a ...

Feb. 23, 2025 Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the famed Battle of Iwo Jima. Some of the men who braved those shores are in town to mark this key turning point in World War II. One by one, with canes ...

80 years ago, one of the most brutal battles of World War II took ... “In particular on Iwo Jima, it was just really the odds were not with the Marine Corps, but the devil dog in us and the ...