Colorado Public Radio

The Battle of Iwo Jima, through the eyes of a U.S. Marine who lived it

Colorado USMC veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most ...
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WWII Veteran Don Graves had 300 men in his company that fought on the island of Iwo Jima. Only Don and 7 other men walked off the island.

WWII Veteran Don Graves shares his profound and somber memoir of the Battle of Iwo Jima. He recounts the brutal reality of the fighting, where only eight men from his 300-man company survived.

100-year-old veteran remembers the raising of the flag after the Battle of Iwo Jima

A 100-year-old veteran who survived the Battle of Iwo Jima recounts his experience and the freedom he's enjoyed since the Allies won World War II.
Colorado Public Radio

Veterans Day Special: The battle of Iwo Jima, through the eyes of a Coloradan who lived it

The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the toughest in Marine Corps history. Nearly 7,000 Marines lost their lives taking the ...
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99-year-old WWII vet who witnessed the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima honored at funeral

Born in 1926 in New Orleans, Charles Calvin Holdeman Jr. grew up through the Great Depression, waiting in soup lines and packing his shoes with cardboard when they wore thin. At 17, with World War II ...

Community honors veterans at annual ceremony, recognizes 99-year-old Iwo Jima survivor

Springfield community honors veterans at annual ceremony, with special recognition for 99-year-old Bob Boyd, one of only four ...