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Celebrated “in remembrance of Dud and those who gave all,” the Memorial Day weekend tribute included a flag presentation by ...
Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press captured a powerful image. The iconic photograph depicted six United States Marines ...
Allen sought clarification. “That means that you will have to shoot half Spain?” To which Franco replied, “I repeat, at whatever cost.” ...
The Unified School District of Antigo will be naming its new elementary school after John H. Bradley, the World War II ...
Let’s give thanks to those who gave all in Iraq and Afghanistan, bordering on forgotten wars though they’re our most recent.
Save the sillier movies for Independence Day. Below are some choice movies that actually feel right for Memorial Day.
On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up ...
four bloody days after U.S. troops landed on Iwo Jima, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured an image of Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. The photo went on to ...
Iwo Jima means “sulfur island” in Japanese ... lurching around the United States with some of the flag-raising soldiers to drum up financial support for what turned out to be the waning ...
the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II. “Five days, one hour and 30 minutes after American Marines of the Fifth Division waded across ...
CU Boulder distinguished professor and Marine veteran Richard Jessor reflects on what the planting of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi Feb ... After 36 days, the Marines secured Iwo Jima. A short time ...