Corporal Don Graves was in a fox hole on Iwo Jima, close to Japanese lines ... “So my other two buddies, they said, ‘make enough for three of us.'” So there he was, slicing up his chocolate ...

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps 250th birthdays at the 10th Annual Commodore Stephen Decatur Celebration on Jan. 10, 2025. Hosted by the White House ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought over a grueling 36 days between February and March of 1945. This battle pitted American marines and sailors against a deeply entrenched Imperial Japanese force.

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AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Whatever you do, don’t call Don Whipple a former Marine. “Well, I never really actually got out of the Marines. You never get out of it. Once a Marine, always a Marine ...

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II ... team of military dog handlers in the battle of Iwo Jima. He was an eyewitness to the iconic flag-raising ...

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Whipple, 99, fought in the Pacific during World War II and earned a Purple Heart when he was wounded by a mortar shell upon landing on the island of Iwo Jima. But he wanted to get right back to ...

All he cared about, however, was getting to Iwo Jima, which he reached on February 19. Despite his need for revenge, he later claimed to be grateful for not having been part of the first assault group ...

The USS Cobia, a US Navy submarine exhibited at the Wisconsin ... in a move credited with helping the US win the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. The submarine received four battle stars for its ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Joe Rosenthal, AP war photographer, sits with copies of his famous Iwo Jima picture at the Einsen-Freeman Co ...