It also embedded black sand from the volcanic island deep in his body. The sand of Iwo Jima continued to flake out of his skin like bits of black pepper for the rest of his long life, said his ...

In addition to medals for veterans who were at the Battle of Iwo Jima, he brought back small bags of sand from the beach, stones from the top of Suribachi, and a gasket he found on the runway at ...

As their numbers diminish with each passing year, eight veterans of the Battle of Iwo Jima gathered in Arlington to remember the 80th anniversary of the landmark battle of World War II.

The volcanic ash dragged Franklin Sousley down as he staggered off the landing craft. That February 19, 1945, on the beaches of Iwo Jima, bullets whistled past the steel pot on his head, mortars ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be on Guam this coming week, where he is expected to tour military facilities and receive briefings on capabilities before flying to the Philippines and ...

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 ...

BILLINGS (LEE)— A salute will be held in Billings today to honor the last member of the Marines’ World War II-era Company E, 2nd Battalion - one of the groups of men who fought on Iwo Jima and ...

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Sgt. Bill Foulk was an Army Ranger at Fort Lewis, Washington, when he purchased a cheap house in a rough Tacoma neighborhood as an investment in 1989. To protect that investment, he was determined ...

The magnitude of D-Day -- the 150,000 Allied service personnel who participated, the 4,415 Allied troops killed, the 12 countries that were part of the invasion -- is plain for everyone to see ...

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