Until recently, a page on the Defense Department’s website celebrated Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six ...

HITTING THE BEACH Lee landed on Iwo Jima on March 7. "We were marked up to be sent in on the third wave to hit the beach at Iroquois. I had shot my carbine just 45 times. Boy, were we trained men ...

Reflecting on the past These days, Jessor keeps some mementos on his work desk to remind him of his time on Iwo Jima: a deactivated Japanese hand grenade he took home from the battle and a jar ...

Robert Boyd Jr. begged his widowed mother to let him join the Marines during World War II before he turned 18. He survived the trial by fire at Iwo Jima ...

And then there is experience that comes with standing in the “black sand” of Red and Green Beach on Iwo Jima. There too, he said, a U.S. Marine will “feel it.” “You will hear the waves ...

Feb. 19, 1945, they landed on Iwo Jima. As they reached the shore, the Japanese were firing heavily at the Americans advancing. "I hit the beach, looked over to my left and there was a Marine ...

France with a line of commemorative watches containing sand from Utah Beach or a piece of metal from a D-Day C-47 Skytrain. The Iwo Jima A-11 watches build the collection with a shift in focus to ...

Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...

In honor of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Providence Academy –  a Pre-K–12 “classical Christian school” ...