This was Iwo Jima, “Sulphur Island,” a vital steppingstone to the invasion of Japan. At dawn, Feb. 19, 1945, the first 26,000 of 70,000 Marines came ashore. They met little resistance – nothing like D ...

HALLSVILLE - Pine Tree's boys placed second and the Lady Pirates third over the weekend at the Hallsville High School Meet.

Jack Lummus' professional football career ended the moment a landmine blew off both of his legs at Iwo Jima. Lummus, a Marine Corps first lieutenant who died on March 8, 1945, at the age of 29 ...