When describing the Battle of Iwo Jima, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz recalled: (QUOTE) “Uncommon valor was a common virtue.” ...

Jimmy Twedt of Roland was just 17 when he signed up to fight in WWII. He is one of the fallen who will be remembered on ...

The United Airlines charter flight, organized by the Iwo Jima Association of America ... she said with a smile — one of his 5th Marine Division patches, and the small prayer book he kept in ...

Charles Cram spent his first night on Iwo Jima alone in a foxhole ... Cram, a Navy corpsman with the 5th Marine Division, landed on the island with U.S. forces on Feb. 19, 1945.

Duane Tunnyhill talks about the war in 2015 with a group of World War II veterans of the battle of Iwo Jima at the Bohemian ... Tunnyhill and his fellow 5th Division Marines returned to Hawaii ...

5th Marine Division for the Iwo Jima landing. In fierce fighting, the 28th Regiment was the only Marine unit to reach its objective for the day at the base of Mount Suribachi. It was also Marines ...

After the Paramarines were disbanded, he later joined the newly formed 5th Marine Division and received the Silver Cross on Iwo Jima, then became a Marine aviator and received the Distinguished ...