Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

The USS Iwo Jima is the flagship of an Amphibious Ready Group, a quick-response team for contingency missions. Marte's mother, initially shocked by his enlistment, became his biggest supporter.

and the Marines at Iwo Jima and so many others — we salute them for their strong and in many cases heroic service to our country, full stop. We do not view them through the prism of immutable ...

On April 11, the Missouri fended off aerial assaults from multiple directions and already had downed one kamikaze plane when a second approached. The Missouri’s gunners hit the Zero fighter with ...

Besides electricity to keep the receiver dish powered (and, again, a clear view of the sky), that's really all you need for satellite internet to work. While satellite internet providers must ...

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Some satellite imagery layers span almost 30 years, providing a long term view of our dynamic planet. The underlying data is available for download, and Arctic and Antarctic views of several imagery ...

Clouds from infrared image combined with static colour image of surface. False-colour infrared image with colour-coded temperature ranges and map overlay. Raw infrared image with map overlay. Raw ...