The Battle of Iwo Jima: A History
U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of ...
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That iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima? CU prof, then a Marine, saw it happen
The flag raised atop Mount Suribachi Back on the line the morning of the fifth day, Jessor looked at the opposite end of the island to see something in the distance atop Mount Suribachi, the ...
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Breckenridge veteran was there as the US flag flew on Iwo Jima 80 years ago
But few Viking explorers could match what Martinson, 98, experienced 80 years ago: the invasion of Iwo Jima, considered by ...
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Loveland resident Jack Thurman, Marine veteran who served at the Battle of Iwo Jima, dies at 99
Jack Thurman, Marine veteran and Loveland resident who was on the beaches of Iwo Jima during World War II, was a fighter, his ...
Gazette at 150: Iwo Jima Under Big Navy Guns
Iwo Jima's coastal defense were further shattered Sunday in the third straight day of bombardment of the invasion-menaced island, 750 miles south of Tokyo, Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced ...