Henry Diedrich, left, with shipmate Alfred Bodhaine on liberty in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1943. Diedrich served on the U.S.S.
NORFOLK, Va. – Divisional Officers from the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) and Arleigh Burke class ...
He helped bombard the Normandy coast during the legendary D-Day invasion. He witnessed the historic sinking of the USS ...
Corporal Don Graves was in a fox hole on Iwo Jima, close to Japanese lines, when he heard a Japanese soldier inviting him over. By Paul Szoldra Updated on Feb 23, 2021 12:38 PM EST The Battle of ...
At age 98, Peter Senick of New Haven is among Connecticut's younger World War II veterans, a diminishing cohort in the state ...
WAKEENEY—WaKeeney's Iwo Jima Memorial will relocate to Eisenhower Park, with a re-dedication ceremony scheduled for Veterans ...
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Shiels: Veterans honored at sea aboard Cunard Cruises
Luxury ocean-liner company Cunard pays tribute to veterans by welcoming them aboard transatlantic voyages on its ship the ...
The veterans met at the Iwo Jima Memorial, in New Britain, with the cutting of a birthday cake for the Marines 249th birthday. One of the Marine vets, in attendance, was 101 years old who actually was ...
SAN ANTONIO — Nearly eight decades after U.S. Marines raised the flag at Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, five of them reunited at San Antonio's Menger Hotel to reconnect ...