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Campaign seeks to send WWII veteran to Guam, Iwo Jima for anniversaries of battles he took part in
KTXL via Yahoo News· 1 month ago(FOX40.COM) — A fundraising campaign has been launched to help send a World War II veteran from...
Quite a life: From Ellis Island and Iwo Jima, Warwick veteran celebrates 100 years
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 23, 1945, was Duilio “Dewey” Turilli’s 22nd birthday. On that date, six U.S. Marines planted...
58 Marines reenlist early, on Iwo Jima anniversary
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoARLINGTON, Virginia — Sgt. Daisy Swiney, 21, said she enlisted in the Marine Corps to give herself a better future. The Kennesaw, Georgia, native worked...
Almost 78 years after his platoon stormed Iwo Jima, Topekan Jim Freel proud of his generation
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s strange that just a few hours of one day, nearly 80 years ago, would loom so largely over a...
Today is: Iwo Jima Day
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIwo Jima Day marks the anniversary of the date in February 1945 when the Battle of Iwo Jima began, with the invasion of Iwo Jima island by the United States Armed Forces. Some of the bloodiest ...
Bucyrus Secondary School honored the memory of Bucyrus native Harry Martin for Veterans Day
Telegraph-Forum via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBucyrus Secondary School held its annual Veterans Day Memorial event that was centered around the...
Fall River to honor the 78th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFALL RIVER — John J. Van Gyzen Marine Corps League will host an event on Feb. 19 to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The ceremony ...
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Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNov. 10—Before Dick Jessor spent 70 years on the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder, he was a Marine who fought in and survived one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Jessor ...
Friends reflect on Earl Shaffer's Appalachian Trail thru-hike on 75-year anniversary
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHOT SPRINGS - As Hot Springs celebrates its annual Appalachian Trailfest event, some of the...
Devil-Dog Dungarees Celebrates 75 Years of Jeans
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOn Jan. 5 1948, three years after U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima and 21 years after he began manufacturing his apparel line in the...
