Born on the Fourth of July, Waynesboro Marine lost his life on Iwo Jima in World War II
Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...
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Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...
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After decades lying unknown, USS Oklahoma sailor to rest at Arlington
John G. Connolly, the chief pay clerk who died aboard the USS Oklahoma in the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and became ...
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Blair man killed in action honored
A Blair County man who lost his life in the Battle of Iwo Jima has been memorialized by the nonprofit Stories Behind the ...
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80 years ago Marines raised flag over Iwo Jima in iconic moment
Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push ... Fighting continued on the island until March 26, resulting in the injury or death of about 27,000 Marines and ...
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99-year-old WWII veteran reflects on Iwo Jima's 80th anniversary
William "Buck" Myers reunited with a fellow veteran in 2005 and continues to keep his memory alive on the 80th anniversary of ...
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That iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima? CU prof, then a Marine, saw it happen
“Capturing Iwo Jima had immediate consequences for the approach to Japan ... However, in retrospect, as the scale of the death and destruction in those cities became known, Jessor says he reevaluated ...
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Sunbury man among those killed at Iwo Jima
No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat ...
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Uncommon Valor in Arlington
They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers ...