On Nov. 10, 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, Virginia. Here are ...
Veterans and their supporters are looking for more people to visit and even provide support for a Chesterfield Township memorial that honors the sacrifice of Marines who died in Iraq in 2006-07. The ...
before we headed home? “I’d kind of like to go back to Iwo,” he said. The Marine Corps Memorial. The bronze sculpture of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. We’d never seen it. We weren’t prepared.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — At the dedication of a memorial Friday honoring the first black U.S. Marines, John Spencer imagines his mind will recall what it was like to become a Montford Point Marine. “I’ll ...