Colorado USMC veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most ...

Eight-and-one-half months later on Feb. 19, 1945, there was another D-Day. This time the landing was on a small island named Iwo Jima, and the beaches were composed of salt-and-pepper colored volcanic ...

A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died on the way to a D-Day commemoration event in France. Robert Persichitti, 102, passed away on ...

A 19-year-old Waynesboro area Marine who lost his life during the World War II assault on Iwo Jima 80 years ago is being remembered by Stories Behind the Stars. Pfc. Frederick J. Ricard was born on ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the United States Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the ...

Nearly 80 years after Bob Persichitti watched Marines raise an American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, the 102-year-old Navy veteran was headed to Normandy to commemorate ...

WWII hero commemorates D-Day sharing his story fighting in the battle of Iwo Jima Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum speaks one-on-one with WWII veteran Ronald Scharfe who fought in the battle of Iwo ...

Dr. James Hal Neal Jr. only remembers tidbits of a remarkable day that has been captured on film, in movies and in history books -- two American flags being raised on Mount Suribachi after hard ...

Lionel ‘Leo’ SevignyÉHaverhill, Lowell native, served at Iwo Jima, D-Day; 80HAVERHILL – Lionel “Leo” Sevigny, 80, a Haverhill resident and Lowell native who was a World War II veteran involved in some ...

Editor's Note: This is the second installment of excerpts from the diary of Anthony Sirco, a gunner on the USS Arkansas during World War II. The first article appeared in the June 2, 2024, issue of ...