Four local Black men made history as members of the Montford Point Marines, the first Black unit to serve in the Marine Corps ...

The Iowa Goldstar Museum at Camp Dodge in Johnston is hosting an event Saturday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of ...

When World War II Marine Corps hero Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, who was based at Camp Pendleton, received the Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military award in 1942, he was said to have ...

By Paul Szoldra Updated on Feb 23, 2021 The Battle of Iwo Jima, which began Feb. 19, 1945, was one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, as former Cpl. Don Graves knows firsthand and ...

The photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi after the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima against ...

Throughout history, Black Americans were consistently subjected to discrimination being denied basic rights as citizens. Yet, they persevered, pushing past denial, exclusion ...

Beattie-style bigotry, which has always found a home in the Trump movement, is too raunchy, backward, and self-defeating to ...

The Iowa Gold Star Military Museum will host programming on Saturday 15 February 2025 beginning at 10:00 AM for the 80th Anniversary of the battle for Iwo Jima and its impact on the ultimate victory ...

photo (Marine Corps.) June 1944. Library of Congress ... On February 19, 1945, American forces invaded the tiny island of Iwo Jima to secure airstrips for American B-29 flyers.

The National Museum of the Pacific War will commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima with a special three-day event, Iwo Jima – 80 ...

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, the museum will add “The Battle of Iwa Jima” to its existing exhibit on Feb. 19. The Battle of Iwa Jima was fought from Feb. 19 ...