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2012/05/27 03:10
2012/05/27 03:10
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... stations, newspapers or other media. Hudson WWII vet remembers fallen comrades from Iwo JimaMacGiffert in Iwo Jima CITY OF HUDSON – Wilfred “Bud” MacGiffert lives in the City of...
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2012/05/26 06:14
2012/05/26 06:14
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... there is the quintessential 'Sargent'. From Robert Taylor in BATAAN and Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima to Tom Sizemore Saving Private Ryan, the Sargent in WWII has never had 'his own movie'....
2012/05/26 01:03
2012/05/26 01:03
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... in Bicentennial Park will be illuminated once again. All the lights were broken on the Iwo Jima Memorial with pieces of granite from the Marine Corps Monument. League labor unions and...
2012/05/25 00:31
2012/05/25 00:31
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... that he's come a long way since then, but it only takes a few minutes with the 86-year old Iwo Jima survivor to realize the grandson of a former slave has indeed come a remarkably long way...
2012/05/22 11:04
2012/05/22 11:04
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Construction Battalion, which served with the Marines against Japanese forces during the Battle of Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945. His battalion worked to build airfields for U.S. planes. The battalion...
2012/05/21 23:31
2012/05/21 23:31
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... 365 days, the Japanese government allows American commercial planes to land on the island of Iwo Jima. Inevitably, survivors of the battle there use that opportunity to confront a series of...
2012/05/20 19:51
2012/05/20 19:51
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COURTESY PHOTO | Navy medic William Sutchish (left) and Staff Sgt. Oscar Aguilera at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Va. It’s been seven years since 48 servicemen in the 3rd Battalion of the 25th...
2012/05/19 02:18
2012/05/19 02:18
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A radio operator, Hansen was in the wave of American soldiers who made the initial landing on Iwo Jima. He and two others were charged with setting up radio equipment, but immediately upon...
2012/05/18 11:07
2012/05/18 11:07
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... features a sculpture of the iconic photograph of troops raising an American flag at Iwo Jima. The veterans also will be guests at a dinner and reception at the nation's...
2012/05/18 04:03
2012/05/18 04:03
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... keep him on American shores. Two days after Allied forces raised the American flag on Iwo Jima, Clayhart and his crew moved in to establish communication, like radios and radar. His...
2012/05/17 12:01
2012/05/17 12:01
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... during the last 20 years of my career. Anyone younger than 45 knows nothing about Iwo Jima, where we had 6,821 American military killed in four weeks, or Okinawa, where 12,615...
2012/05/17 03:54
2012/05/17 03:54
10d
... mission accomplished. But Warchus credits some of that success to the U.S. Marines for taking Iwo Jima -- it served as a valuable emergency base for pilots flying long missions across the South...
2012/05/15 18:40
2012/05/15 18:40
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Benton County Sheriff's deputy travels with Young Marines to Iwo Jima The hotel wakeup call sounded at 0215. Any sane person would seek a few more minutes of sleep -- but not today. Today is a...
2012/05/09 22:03
2012/05/09 22:03
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... to join the War Council an the Marine Corps. League for the relighting of the World War II Iwo Jima Monument located in the Veteran’s Bicentennial Park on Davol Street at 6:30 p.m. on...
2012/05/08 11:12
2012/05/08 11:12
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... the 4th Marine Division, Carpenter participated in military engagements at Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. He was wounded when three Marine divisions landed on Iwo Jima. A mortar shell exploded in...
2012/05/07 12:03
2012/05/07 12:03
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... into the Pacific, stopping at various islands along the way. Their ultimate destination was Iwo Jima. “The thinking at the time was, it wouldn’t be a big battle; that there weren’t that many...
2012/05/06 05:40
2012/05/06 05:40
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He was a very proud World War II veteran, having served with the 5th Marine Division during Iwo Jima and occupied Japan. He was a member of Pilgrim Lodge 691 F&AM, Scottish Rite Valley of...
2012/05/06 05:16
2012/05/06 05:16
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... awarding of the Silver Star to the family of a fallen Marine. Later, as we entered the Iwo Jima display, we had as our docent a Marine in his mid-80s who had been present at the battle of...
2012/05/01 00:28
2012/05/01 00:28
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NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - The USS Iwo Jima has completed its first connected replenishment-at-sea (CONREP) of its deployment with Fleet Replenishment Oiler USNS Kanawha Sunday. Lt. Megan M. Shutka with...
2012/04/29 20:49
2012/04/29 20:49
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Ore. to join the U.S. Navy. During his Navy career, Bruce was in five invasions, including Iwo Jima. Bruce was awarded a Purple Heart, the Ribbon bar of the Navy Unit Commendation, and...