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Battle of Iwo Jima: A turning point in the Pacific War

One of the most intense and iconic battles of World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima pushed both sides to their limits. In this ...
inforum

Fargo Air Museum to screen Iwo Jima documentary

FARGO – The Fargo Air Museum, 1609 19th Ave. N., will host a screening of the documentary "Iwo Jima: Combat to Comrades" at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2. The film features 92-year-old former Army Air ...
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United States Marines found hope with an illegal weapon on Iwo Jima

During World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima exposed a brutal problem for U.S. Marines: Japanese bunkers, tunnels, and ...
Colorado Public Radio

The Battle of Iwo Jima, through the eyes of a U.S. Marine who lived it

The Pulitzer Prize-winning photo has been on stamps and posters, and was the inspiration for the Marine Corps War Memorial statue in Arlington, Va. Inside Jim Blane’s apartment in Denver, a print of ...
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What It Was Like to Be on the Ground at Iwo Jima

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Weapon Hunter host Paul Shull is tracing the history of the iconic American gun known as the Stinger. In the process, he meets Robert Mueller, a ...
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Capturing This Mountain Was Key During the Battle of Iwo Jima

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The invasion of Iwo Jima was a challenge of mountainous proportions - in the shape of Mount Suribachi. It was a strategic stronghold that the ...
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Battle of Iwo Jima veteran reunites with tank he drove 80 years ago: ‘That tank was my life’

DUMFRIES, Va. — A 100 year-old World War II veteran and Marine tank driver reunited with the tank that once carried him through the Battle of Iwo Jima, rekindling his memory of one of the fiercest ...