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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...
Utahn — perhaps the last Army Air Forces Iwo Jima veteran — turns 101 on Memorial Day
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJames Kimose, Farr West, celebrates his 101st birthday in Ogden on Sunday. Kimose is a WWII veteran...
Remembering World War II Heroes: Hubbardston men killed in France, Iwo Jima
The Gardner News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHUBBARDSTON – As difficult as military deaths of young soldiers are to endure; some stories are even...
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 ...
100 years of memories: Iwo Jima veteran, centennial recalls famous battle
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 15—Only have a minute? Listen instead Bill Morgenroth, a retired U.S. Marine and World War II veteran who moved to Brownsville full-time in the 1980s, vividly remembers the assault on Iwo ...
On This Day, Feb. 19: Thomas Edison patents gramophone
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThomas Edison poses in his laboratory in Orange, N.J., on June 16, 1888, amidst his first gramophone...
On This Day, Feb. 23: Mexico begins assault on the Alamo
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn February 23, 1836, soldiers under the command of Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa...
World’s newest island forms in Japanese archipelago
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe world’s newest island has risen from the sea off the coast of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean. Japan’s Meteorological Agency...
An Encouraging Word: Counting the cost of freedom
The Sault News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn his book “The Greatest Generation,” Tom Brokaw wrote the following: “At a time in their lives when their days and nights should have been filled with...
A rout by the US in an air battle around Taiwan led Japan to adopt desperate tactics in World War...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSailors watch a near-miss by a Japanese bomb on a US Navy carrier during the Battle of Formosa in...