DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes — then restored one, with changes
In early 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed at least two web pages related to Ira Hayes, a Native American veteran ...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
The purge, which also targeted multiple webpages about women and LGBTQ+ service members, highlights how aggressively military ...
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Marines, sailors, and USS NEVADA pivotal in Iwo Jima battle
Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...
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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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80 years later, Monticello remembers 'Boots' Thomas, hero behind the first Iwo Jima flag
He was killed in combat on March 3rd, 1945, eight days after the raising of the flag, and only a week before he was to turn 21. He was initially buried on Iwo Jima, but his body was moved to ...
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Look Back: 80th anniversary of the American flag raising on Iwo Jima
The patriotic picture of the flag raising was taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photograph. The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima is ...
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The Battle of Iwo Jima: A History
But the conquest of Iwo Jima, despite the famous flag-raising four days into the battle, did not come for another month. Advancing U.S. troops trying to establish the location of a Japanese ...