Veterans from Avon Lake’s American Legion Post 211 commemorated the installation of a Gold Star family memorial in Lorain ...
Governor Jim Justice is expected to form a commission to gather funds for the project, as well as find an artist to build the ...
is our nation’s foremost World War II monument, overshadowing the forlorn World War II Memorial (2004) on the National Mall, with its monotonous multitude of pillars and lack of symbolic focus. But ...
For more than a half century, the monument was forgotten until it was discovered by a construction superintendent in a ...
During last week’s special session of the West Virginia Legislature, lawmakers carved out time to honor someone important not only to the state, but to the country. They passed a resolution to place a ...
One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.
Eddie Vincek landed on Iwo Jima about an ... of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial. Two men from Vincek’s 1st Battalion were awarded the Medal of Honor at Iwo Jima. Of the battalion’s 22 ...
During the recent special session of the West Virginia Legislature, lawmakers carved out time to honor someone important not only to the state, but to the country. They passed a resolution to place a ...
SAN ANTONIO — Nearly eight decades after U.S. Marines raised the flag at Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World War ...
First up was the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial. The statue there depicts the raising of the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima. “It’s very impressive,” said Army veteran James Buddish.
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Bristol Mayor Jeffrey Caggiano. Caminiti is Connecticut’s last Iwo Jima survivor. Watch the full video in the player above.