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 ...
“I’m really excited to be going,” he told WROC-TV in Rochester the day before he left the US, saying his cardiologist had encouraged him to make the trip. Mr Persichitti served in Iwo ...
He said the carnage was impossible to forget. "The first thing that comes to mind is all the dead bodies," the Marine veteran said. "Iwo Jima was a bloody place." The Thursday event marked the ...
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Bristol Mayor Jeffrey Caggiano. Caminiti is Connecticut’s last Iwo Jima survivor. Watch the full video in the player above.
23, 1945, the same day and time the most iconic photo of the war was taken. FILE – U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan ...