Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest ...

Today marks 67 years since thousands of Marines stormed the beaches of Iwo Jima, a sulfur-scented volcanic rock with three airstrips that became a steppingstone for U.S. bombers to reach Japan and ...

WWII veteran William "Buck" Myers shared his story from the Battle of Iwo Jima during its 80th anniversary in 2025.

He landed on Iwo Jima on his 20th birthday ... dating life, and the beach, I think we can all agree, after seeing Gordy, we want more! And perhaps we might get just that. A commenter pointed ...

Suribachi - the scene of the flag raising by U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima - where the famous photo was taken during the battle. “They had a lot of old equipment on the beaches like old bunkers ...

Their final stop was Iwo Jima, where the U.S. Marines' conquest ... "Stanwood was in the first wave to hit the beaches, and Claude was just watching." Stanwood Duval landed on the beach with ...

It's a title that brought her across the world, to both Guam, in Micronesia and Iwo Jima in Japan ... got to hear from veterans who stormed the beaches. "The oldest gentleman there was 100 ...

In the 80 years since the bombardment, nature had been busy reclaiming Iwo Jima. If Harter wanted to climb to the top of Mount Suribachi and step on the famed landing beaches, she had just around ...

and Claude dug a foxhole in the beach to prepare for battle." Claude Duval's uniform stands as the centerpiece of the Brookshire Military Museum's exhibit, 'LSU Commemorates Iwo Jima's 80th ...