This weekend marks a special milestone for Donald Sleeter, a Wisconsin Rapids man who will turn 100 years old on Sunday.

Frank S. Wright turns 100 on July 5, 2025. He’d like to get 100,000 birthday cards for the occasion. Frank S. Wright has lived a life. At 16, as World War II raged, he lied about his age and joined ...

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 ...

Marine veteran Leighton Willhite, 100, visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in August to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima for the first time since World War II. Marine ...

During World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima exposed a brutal problem for U.S. Marines: Japanese bunkers, tunnels, and interlocking fire turned the black sand beaches into a killing zone, and standard ...

ROCKLAND, Maine — At 21-years-old, Private First Class Leroy Peasley landed on the shores of Iwo Jima. For five-weeks American and Japanese forces battled for the island leaving 7,000 Marines dead and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of a copy of Harold Raskin's typewritten diary "Blind Landing on Iwo Jima," kept during his time as part of the Army ...

On Purplish, our focus is usually on exploring the politics of the moment. But for Veterans Day, we're offering something different -- a chance to experience a defining moment in World War II from one ...

TOKYO — "To tell the truth, we got more sleep on Iwo Jima than we did while touring the United States later during the War Bond Drive." That's how Rene Gagnon, one of the survivors of the Mount ...