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Hegseth to join WWII veterans on Iwo Jima for 80th Reunion of Honor
For the 80th Reunion of Honor, seven WWII veterans will return to Iwo Jima and be joined by defense secretaries from the US ...
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Fort Lauderdale native serving aboard USS Iwo Jima checks the ship’s bearing
Quartermaster 3rd Class Shamari Roberts from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS ...
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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
Bergen, 99, served aboard the USS Cecil ... Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima. “I had never seen a battleship,” he said. “When they fire their guns, the whole ship rolls, but the guns stay ...
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One of the last MS Coast WWII veterans honored for birthday, Iwo Jima anniversary
As the 80th anniversary of the end of Iwo Jima — the infamous World War ... the Civil Air Patrol alongside the crew of the USS Bougainville, a ship under construction that could be seen during ...