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With a Modified Aircraft Machinegun, Corporal Tony Stein Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima and Earned the Medal of Honor

Jeff Edwards

The ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome has long been a core ethos of the United States Marine.  While one could find many examples from…

Death of a Distinguished Marine – Veteran Of Iwo Jima, Vietnam, And Korea, Lt. Gen. Lawrence F. Snowden

On Saturday 18th February, Charlottesville lost one of her most distinguished sons, Retired Lt. Gen. Lawrence F. Snowden, at a hospice in Florida. Lt. Gen…

With a little help from his friends – revisiting Iwo Jima

Thanks to the Nam Knights, Edwin Hunsberger of Allentown, PA., in March will revisit Iwo Jima 72 years after he fought there. The organization recently…

91 year old WWII Veteran Surprised at breakfast with Purple Heart from the Battle of Iwo Jima

On Wednesday morning, Lee Anderson, 91, headed for the same restaurant he eats at every day with the same friends and eating the same meal.…

With a Modified Aircraft Machinegun, Corporal Tony Stein Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima and Earned the Medal of Honor

Jeff Edwards

The ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome has long been a core ethos of the United States Marine.  While one could find many examples from…

Harrowing Stories From Iwo Jima: One Man’s Life Onboard A Landing Ship Tank In 1945

Gabe Christy

Iwo Jima is a small island in the Southeast Pacific; rocky and dominated by a large volcano on its southern peninsula. Today, there is no…

With a Modified Aircraft Machinegun, Corporal Tony Stein Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima and Earned the Medal of Honor

Jeff Edwards

The ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome has long been a core ethos of the United States Marine.  While one could find many examples from…

The Misidentification Of The Marines at Both Iwo Jima Flag Raisings

Ian Harvey

Earlier this year, the US Marine Corps said that it had misidentified two Marines that helped to raise one of the flags atop Mount Suribachi…

Marines at Both Iwo Jima Flag Raisings Misidentified

In a statement made Wednesday, the US Marine Corps said that it had misidentified two Marines that helped to raise one of the flags atop…

With a Modified Aircraft Machinegun, Corporal Tony Stein Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima and Earned the Medal of Honor

Jeff Edwards

The ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome has long been a core ethos of the United States Marine.  While one could find many examples from…

US Marines To Investigate Mistaken Identity Claim In Iwo Jima Photograph

Iwo Jima Photograph

This image was snapped by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on 23rd February 1945, during a lull in the fighting in one of the fiercest…

With a Modified Aircraft Machinegun, Corporal Tony Stein Fired His Way Across Iwo Jima and Earned the Medal of Honor

Jeff Edwards

The ability to improvise, adapt, and overcome has long been a core ethos of the United States Marine.  While one could find many examples from…