Note: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect name for Lawrence Waltrip’s company, Signature Mulch. JAMES CITY — Months after its founder’s death, the completion of the planned Iwo Jima ...
ASHLAND - Iwo Jima would be famous in American history even if it had not produced the iconic photograph of World War II the raising of the U.S. flag by five Marines and a Navy corpsman. But that ...
Renee Tabet explained her stepfather, Escolastico “Cole” Griego, a young Navy corpsman drafted at 19, was tasked with making life-and-death decisions on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World ...
Pvt. George Coe Browning is finally coming home. Nearly 80 years after the Marine went missing in action missing during the bloody invasion of Iwo Jima, the former Bergen County resident will be laid ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - It’s a brief yet powerful stop each year during Honor Flight Tallahassee. The whirlwind trip that sends local veterans to Washington, D.C. always stops at the Marine Corps ...
Wilford "Bud" Garves of rural Sparta, Wis., can still picture the dead Marine, looking like he was crouching down. Dr. Paul Dunn of rural Ferryville, Wis., remembers seeing lots of Marines arriving at ...
A controversial Virginia school board member is taking heat for saying the Battle of Iwo Jima, a major US victory during World War II, “unfortunately happened” — and set a record for “human evil.” ...
On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an ...
In the spring of 1945, The Battle of Iwo Jima raged between the US Marines and Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Army. Tasked with capturing the Japanese island and its accompanying airfields, the US ...
A school board member in Fairfax County, Virginia is under fire after she claimed the Battle of Iwo Jima was "unfortunate" and "evil." Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Abrar Omeish has since ...