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  • Fallen But Never Forgotten

    Forty-seven years after serving in World War II, a Marine Corps veteran aimed his sights on the task of building a National Iwo Jima Memorial in the heart of Connecticut.

  • Marines Landed on Iwo Jima 75 Years Ago

    By February 1945, U.S. forces had island hopped across the Pacific Ocean and were rapidly closing in on the Japanese mainland.Before attacking Japan, war planners hoped to capture Iwo Jima, a tiny island in the Western Pacific that would put U.S. bombers within a 750-mile strike range of Japan.