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Kenneth Czerwinski of Maumee, along with his grandson Donovan McConnell, took a very special trip to Washington with Flag ...
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 ... Friday at Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park in Omaha.
The morning of Feb. 19, 1945, dawned eerily quiet as Dale Faughn made his way toward the shores of the remote Japanese island of Iwo Jima. But in an instant, the 20-millimeter dual purpose guns ...
On the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, the National Memorial Day Concert honors the ... a flamethrower who stormed the black sands of Iwo Jima with the 5th Marine Division in one of the ...
James "Jimmy" Twedt, a 17-year-old from Roland, Iowa, was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II ... The Roland American Legion will hold a Memorial Day service to honor Twedt ...
For those who pause to think about the occasion’s meaning, Memorial Day typically evokes images like the planting of the American flag on Iwo Jima in World War II or the heroism of D-Day.
BILLINGS (LEE)— A salute will be held in Billings today to honor the last member of the Marines’ World War II-era Company E, 2nd Battalion - one of the groups of men who fought on Iwo Jima and ...
For many, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer ... It was the deadliest day for the Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. The bombing also killed 58 French soldiers ...
Increasing clouds Tuesday with the chance of scattered showers rising during the afternoon into evening. Showers and rain are likely at times Tuesday night and Wednesday. 10:17 PM: 🔷 CWG’s latest D.C ...
I think of all of them on Memorial Day every year. When I went with my own family to Washington, D.C., several years ago, looking at the Iwo Jima Memorial brought me to tears. It took me literally ...