Editor's Note: This is the second installment of excerpts from the diary of Anthony Sirco, a gunner on the USS Arkansas during World War II. The first article appeared in the June 2, 2024, issue of ...
BOSTON (WWLP) – Marines and their families came together at the State House on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the historic Battle of Iwo Jima. This World War II battle lasted 36 days ...
Harriers may not be as advanced as F-35s, but the Marines have found one last mission for them amid Caribbean build-up.
AUSTIN Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham, M.D. introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB’s Voices of Veterans oral history ...
‘Uncommon valor was a common virtue on Iwo Jima," Adm. Chester Nimitz once said. About 100,000 Marines —many of them collegiate All-Americans — landed on the tiny volcanic island in the South Pacific ...
A few days later, Faulconer’s ship was pulled off fire support detail at Iwo Jima and sent to prepare for the invasion of Okinawa, the last major land battle of the Pacific campaign. Then came August, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The invasion of Iwo Jima was a challenge of mountainous proportions - in the shape of Mount Suribachi. It was a strategic stronghold that the ...
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