He fought in only one battle as a Marine, but it was a big one: the epic struggle for Iwo Jima ... was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Infantry Division.

The Japanese had constructed miles of tunnels and built blockhouses, pillboxes, tank ... and 5th Marine Divisions for their courage, saying that among those Americans who served on Iwo Jima ...

AP Photo U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23 ... He was trained with the 2nd Recruit Battalion, Training Regiment, Recruit ...

and attached to the 1st Battalion, 13th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division based out of San Diego, Calif. The 5th Marine Division took part in the Battle of Iwo Jima that began Feb. 16 ...

Editor's note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima. In February 2020, Military Times interviewed Marine ... a company in the tank battalion was being ...

The invasion of Iwo Jima began in February 1945. After Saipan, it was the next stop for Dinsmore and the 2nd Battalion. The job of the amtanks would be to accompany the 4th and 5th Marine ...

World War II Admiral Chester Nimitz once said, “Uncommon valor was a common virtue on Iwo Jima ... Marine Corps. As a “5th Raiders” machine gunner — 5th Division, E Company, 2nd Battalion ...

Lance Cpl. Catherine Verenzuela Mariano On Feb. 19, 1945, Vincek was assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division for the Iwo Jima landing. In fierce fighting ...

ABOVE: The newly released ‘My Iwo Jima ... Battalion and fought on Bougainville in what is now Papua New Guinea. After the Paramarines were disbanded, he later joined the newly formed 5th Marine ...

Follow a veteran of the 4th Marine ... 5th Pioneer Battalion. >> Everybody was just laying there, taking the barrage, and all you had to do was pray. >> Bernstein was scheduled to leave Iwo Jima ...