At age 98, Peter Senick of New Haven is among Connecticut's younger World War II veterans, a diminishing cohort in the state ...
"I saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima," Henry Diedrich recalled of that February morning in 1945. He's proud to have seen it, ...
10, 2024 to remember the fallen soldiers who dedicated and sacrificed their lives for freedom. The veterans met at the Iwo Jima Memorial, in New Britain, with the cutting of a birthday cake for the ...
WAKEENEY—WaKeeney's Iwo Jima Memorial will relocate to Eisenhower Park, with a re-dedication ceremony scheduled for Veterans ...
Among the many ceremonies happening across the state for Veterans Day, middle school students honored those who served at the ...
Sherrod described as “a nightmare in hell.” The battle of Iwo Jima continued for another brutal 29 days. In the end, some 7,000 Marines and 17,700 Japanese soldiers lost their lives ...
In addition to the usual celebrations for veterans, the community rededicated its Iwo Jima Memorial, which had been in ...
The Navy on Saturday commissioned the USS John Basilone, its latest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, named in ...
In addition to the usual celebrations for veterans, the community rededicated its Iwo Jima Memorial ... of the famous World War II image of Marines raising the American flag on top of Mount ...
On Veterans Day, dozens of people came together to honor veterans at the National Iwo Jima Memorial in Newington. It was a ...