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 best known for appearing in a photograph of six men ra ...
WWII Veterans Return to Pacific Battlefields for 80th Anniversary and Historic U.S.-Japan "Reunion of Honor" Ceremony
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the Eagle Society is honored to support the Iwo Jima Association ...
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Fall River to host Day of Recognition for the End of the Battle of Iwo Jima. What to know.
The community will gather at Fall River's Bicentennial Park for a Day of Recognition for the End of the Battle of Iwo Jima ...
Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry
PHOENIX (AP) — The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and ...
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 ...
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Scrub Code Talkers? That must not be tolerated
Few stories of heroism across the history of the United States are as fascinating and inspiring as that of the Navajo Code Talkers, heroes of World War II whose presence ...
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Local Marine among 4th Division fallen heroes at Iwo Jima in March 1945
The 4th Division’s combat casualties rose to 8,094. On March 11, the 20th day after the landing, the 4th Division reached the ocean and overcame enemy resistance. On the division’s right flank, the ...
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USS Iwo Jima Sailors mark 80th anniversary of seminal battle of Iwo Jima, gain invaluable insights from ‘Greatest Generation’
ARLINGTON, Va. — “I fought like hell,” recalled retired Marine Raider Frank Wright of his experience during the Battle of Iwo Jima eight decades ago. The same fighting spirit resounded in the shared ...
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'We never flinched': Bellevue Marine, 98, earned Purple Heart 80 years ago at Iwo Jima
He stuck around Iwo Jima long enough to see the flag flying atop Mount Suribachi four days later. The sight stirred the Marines in the battle, just as Joe Rosenthal’s famous photo of the flag ...
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Father wrote of Iwo Jima’s horrors in letters to family
"I do hope she has lost her desire to run away from home," her father wrote two days before the first wave of Marines landed at Iwo Jima. A month after the battle ended, he wrote, "You can tell ...
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Ashamed of an uncaring America
My mother’s four brothers served during World War II, including expeditions from Belgium to Iwo Jima to the Philippines ... Forge and through the decisive battle at Yorktown.
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80 years later, Monticello remembers 'Boots' Thomas, hero behind the first Iwo Jima flag
We're here today to honor Boots Thomas. His bravery, the bravery of his men and Boots' bravery in the whole battle of Iwo Jima.” Among the veterans in attendance were 97-year-old World War II ...