Yes, DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes
In mid-March 2025, a claim circulated online that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) had removed one or more pages ...
Fact Check: Yes, DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes
In mid-March 2025, a claim circulated online that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) had removed one or more pages ...
He died in the attack on Pearl Harbor. After 84 years, he’s coming home to NC
Neil Frye was a 20-year-old mess attendant from Vass, N.C., aboard the USS West Virginia when a Japanese torpedo sank it in ...
Robert Pearce, 102, WWII Navy weatherman, first salesman for Allen Organ Co. | PHOTOS
102-year-old Robert Pearce, a Navy weatherman in the Philippines during World War II and a former salesperson for Allen Organ ...
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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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Airman's Remains Recovered From WWII Bomber
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that archaeologists were among an international and […] ...
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IVH, IVCCD and Sen. Ernst’s office team up to record veteran interviews for Library of Congress
Every veteran has a story, and in the Red, White and Blue Capital of Iowa, representatives from various organizations and ...
How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
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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 ...
Divers’ discovery of World War II plane crash leads to ID of US soldier, officials say
A 2019 discovery by Danish divers found the wreck in the depth of the Baltic Sea, leading excavators to later pull evidence ...
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Navy medic & WWII veteran Ed Monnie celebrates 100th birthday
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Ed Monnie, a World War II veteran and former Navy medic, celebrated his 100th birthday in Escondido surrounded by family and friends. Monnie, born in 1925, is part of the "Greatest ...
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Letters to the Editor — Keeping the Mavs in Dallas, JFK files, WW II veteran’s memories
My son Edward was born in 1983 and received an introductory letter from my grandfather George Washington Bains, a World War II Navy captain. He described his legacy along with words that reflect ...