During the fighting on Iwo Jima, when another Marine tank got bogged down, Lucky’s crew responded. Tank commander Lt. Leonard ...
Dr. Joe Fitzgerald grew up in a military family with a father who served at Iwo Jima and brothers who were career military ...
Tony Campbell, a proud Marine and three-generation veteran, visited the Iwo Jima Memorial for the first time with Honor Flight Columbus, calling it a dream come true ...
Marine veteran Leighton Willhite, 100, visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in August to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima for the first time since World War II. Marine ...
More than 1,000 American flags were placed on the lawn of the memorial this year. Each flag was dedicated by loved ones of ...
A Brooklyn native seen helping raise the flagpole after the Battle of Iwo Jima is one of the Marines being highlighted by a non-profit.
A one-day trip to Washington, D.C., was a life-changing event for Marine Corps veteran Leland Dencklau. The trip was the ...
Looking for the best things to do in Connecticut this Veterans Day Weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and ...
It's been 75 years since Sgt. Fred Reidenbach landed on enemy territory. "The only thing we could do is dig in and hope for the best," said Reidenbach, who was in the Marines. Reidenbach, 97, fought ...
Born in 1926 in New Orleans, Charles Calvin Holdeman Jr. grew up through the Great Depression, waiting in soup lines and packing his shoes with cardboard when they wore thin. At 17, with World War II ...
It's been 75 years since Sgt. Fred Reidenbach of North Carolina landed on enemy territory. "The only thing we could do is dig in and hope for the best," said Reidenbach, who was in the Marines.