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Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...
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New York WWII veteran dies while traveling to D-Day anniversary event in Normandy
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A World War II veteran who was there when U.S. forces ... A Pennsylvania native, Persichitti enlisted in the Navy and became a radioman second class on the USS Eldorado ...
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'A man died in my arms': Vietnam vet reluctant to speak about war for decades
By Rick Dandes The Daily Item May 31, 2016 May 31, 2016 TROXELVILLE — Memorial Day takes on a highly personal meaning to Dick DeVett, a former Navy corpsman attached to a Marine batallion ...
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WAVES of change: The legacy of women who took the Navy by storm, broke barriers during World War II
As more and more men in the U.S. Navy deployed overseas during World War II, someone needed to fill traditionally ...
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Deseret News archives: U.S. flags raised at Iwo Jima on this day in 1945. Why did they raise the flag twice?
The image showed five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising an American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima. Here is The Associated Press account of that day in 1945 ...