To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the battle, Praesidus Watch Co. released a truly unique line of watches that contain black volcanic sand from Iwo Jima. In 2024, Praesidus honored the 80th ...

On the sloping beach, Boyd sank deeply into Iwo Jima’s black volcanic sand. “I went up almost to my knees,” he said. “I tried to get through and get moving. I knew if I stayed put ...

"Imagine on Iwo Jima of all places ... and every time they fired that's what made the sand get in our socks. Boy was that some life! Life on Iwo is much better but it's still a hellhole ...

Reflecting on the past These days, Jessor keeps some mementos on his work desk to remind him of his time on Iwo Jima: a deactivated Japanese hand grenade he took home from the battle and a jar ...

Marines land on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945 ... was on that mission ever thought that that material, we’ll call it sand, would support any kind of tracked or wheeled vehicle.

volcanic ash and black sand burying the dead. An American soldier giving a captured Japanese soldier a cigarette. Roughly 70,000 American soldiers fought to take Iwo Jima. More than 6,500 were killed.

But if one had to nominate a particular group of WWII American fighting men for the title of “Greatest of the Greatest Generation,” then the troops who fought at Iwo Jima certainly have to be ...

And then there is experience that comes with standing in the “black sand” of Red and Green Beach on Iwo Jima. There too, he said, a U.S. Marine will “feel it.” “You will hear the waves ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Sunday marks 80 years since U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi and hoisted the American flag at Iwo Jima. The move was a symbol of hope and freedom during a tough battle and ...

Its bluffs and beaches became a vast cemetery, volcanic ash and black sand burying the dead. Roughly 70,000 U.S. soldiers fought to take Iwo Jima. More than 6,500 were killed. Of the 20,000 or so ...