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22nd MEU at Camp Lejeune heads out on scheduled deployment

NORFOLK, VA. (WITN) - Sailors and Marines that are part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune departed for a ...
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This Bizarre Sculpture Park In Wisconsin Is Like Stepping Into An Artist’s Imagination

Fred Smith’s Wisconsin Concrete Park in Phillips transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary through more than 200 folk art sculptures that seem to tell stories frozen in time. When most folks hit ...

Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor's surrender speech 80 years ago

Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II.
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Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group gets underway

Nearly 4,500 sailors and Marines with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group deployed from Naval Station Norfolk Thursday ...

National Navajo Code Talker Day: Remembering the impact Code Talkers had in World War II

Aug. 14 is National Navajo Code Talker Day, honoring the over 400 Code Talkers who served with U.S. Marines in the Pacific ...
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Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group Leaves Norfolk After Long Gap in U.S. ARG Deployments

Amphibious warship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) left Norfolk Va., Thursday, the first time a U.S.-based Amphibious Ready Group with ...
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The Battle of Iwo Jima: Turning Point in the Pacific War

Amid the closing months of World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima emerged as a brutal contest for control of a tiny but vital ...