FORT ATKTINSON — A large group of people gathered Saturday under cloudy skies for the unveiling Fort Atkinson’s new WWII ...
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’s annual Veterans Day Event on Monday Nov. 11 in Simi Valley honored the men and women who ...
In addition to the usual celebrations for veterans, the community rededicated its Iwo Jima Memorial, which had been in ...
DeWitt's illustrated slide presentation highlighted the battle's significance in winning the Pacific war and honored the 100 Connecticut residents who lost their lives.
The veterans met at the Iwo Jima Memorial, in New Britain, with the cutting of a birthday cake for the Marines 249th birthday. One of the Marine vets, in attendance, was 101 years old who actually was ...
However, Landing Ship Tanks performed invaluable service in World ... Pennsylvania. The LST-715 was at Iwo Jima, as well as several campaigns in the Korean War. In 1955, it was renamed the USS DeKalb ...
In 1943, the U.S. Army and Navy jointly began a two-pronged attack through the central Pacific and across New Guinea to the ...