Lodi vet unable to attend event commemorating battle of Iwo Jima

Lodi vet unable to attend event commemorating battle of Iwo Jima

A Lodi resident who fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima was planning to attend an 80th anniversary trip to the island this week, but his plans were cut short after a dizzy spell.

The capture of Iwo Jima opened the way for the invasion of the Japanese mainland.

On the 29th, a 100-year-old former American soldier who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army on Iwo Jima will return to the island for the first time in 80 years. He never thought he would set foot on the place where his comrades were sacrificed in the brutal battle. In February 1945...

Right to the Future When Marshals Wilhelm Keitel, German chief of the High Command of the Wehrmacht, and Georgui Zhukov, one of the best Russian military strategists in the Soviet Union, signed the unconditional capitulation of Nazi Germany in Berlin on 9 May 1945, the Great Patriotic War had completed 1 418 days with its nights. World War II was coming to its sixth year, with the European chapter, undoubtedly the bloodiest, coming to an end.

Diversity row threatens to overshadow 80th anniversary of major WW2 battle

The 80th anniversary commemoration of Iwo Jima on Saturday is set to be overshadowed by controversy after the Pentagon removed the battle's most iconic image from its website in amid row over diversity

Fall River to mark 80th anniversary of the end of Battle of Iwo Jima

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — Fall River will honor and pay tribute to the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Iwo Jima Friday morning. The Fall River Veterans’ Service office is holding a gathering at Bicentennial Park for what is billed as “a solemn day of recognition” for the end of the battle. The five-week battle saw some of the bloodiest fighting between U.S. forces and the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific Theatre. It ended with…