Chris Hemler spoke with CIMSEC to discuss his book, Delivering Destruction: American Firepower and Amphibious Assault from Tarawa to Iwo Jima. In this book, Hemler examines the development of American ...

Doc earned the rank of Eagle Scout as an older teenager and his experiences with camping, hunting, fishing, bird/tree identification, maps and nature were always ... then shipped out on the USS Iwo ...

All this was combined with America’s new form of advanced expeditionary force—hundreds of Higgins landing craft ... the ...

A home linked to Sgt. Ernest "Boots" Thomas, who raised the flag at Iwo Jima, may be demolished to improve security for Gov.

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Jennings joined the Marines and fought the Japanese in the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, on the small Pacific island of Iwo Jima ... black sand from the landing beaches on the island.

The only thing World War II Navy veteran Thomas Ramm has left from his time on Iwo Jima is a tattered map of the remote Pacific island. That, and a whole lot of sobering memories. FOX31's Jeremy ...

The only thing Thomas Ramm has left from his time on Iwo Jima is a tattered map of the remote Pacific island. That, and a ...

On the anniversary of Gee’s death, the USS Iwo Jima, a Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, dedicated its gym to the fallen Marine. “She served aboard the USS Iwo Jima, and she was an avid ...

The New Jersey native commanded the 6th Marine War Dog Platoon, which participated in the battle for Iwo Jima in February and March 1945. He lived in Omaha with his daughter and son-in-law ...