Topic: Iwo Jima

Intrepid tug-of-war win over armed forces

NY Daily News - 261 days ago
Score one for the home team!. . Middle-aged Intrepid museum staffers beat out the fighting-fit soldiers, sailors and Marines in the annual Fleet...

Daily News cartoonist Bill Gallo honored at Iwo Jima Memorial

NY Daily News - 262 days ago
Veterans and friends of beloved Daily News cartoonist Bill Gallo gathered Saturday at the Iwo Jima Memorial to honor his memory and gallant service...

Editorial: Gem of the ocean

NY Daily News - 265 days ago
Columbia University will today symbolically welcome the military back after a banishment that lasted far too long.. . The school expelled ROTC 40...

Japan 7.4 seabed quake sparks tsunami scare

AFP Asian Edition - 420 days ago
Scores of villagers on a remote Japanese island chain in the Pacific scrambled for higher ground early Wednesday after a major 7.4-magnitude offshore quake sparked a tsunami alert.The seabed tremor struck at 2:19 am local time (1719 GMT Tuesday ...

Japanese leader visits WWII battlesite Iwo Jima

AP News - 428 days ago
After discovery of mass graves, Japan's prime minister visits WWII battlesite Iwo JimaMaking a rare trip to Iwo Jima, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan paid his respects Tuesday to the more than 21,000 soldiers who died in one of World ...

Best Western Iwo Jima - Arlington VA

itravelnet.com - 444 days ago
iwojimarosslynhotel.com. . Welcome to the Best Western Rosslyn / Iwo Jima. Our completely non-smoking Arlington, Virginia hotel invites both...

Using Popular Movies to Teach WWII History

Bright Hub - 451 days ago
Before beginning history lesson plans in which movies are viewed, it is important to point out to students that Hollywood does not cling to historic accuracy when filming. Viewers must be able to weed out what is real from what is "Hollywood ...

Scott Stinson: Soldiers trained to kill, but never 'untrained'

Full Comment - 461 days ago
REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (. Graffiti by a previous deployment of the U.S Marine Corps adorns the walls at Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan's...

Mass graves reported at WWII Japanese battle site

San Francisco Chronicle - 481 days ago
0 . Two mass graves that may hold the remains of thousands of Japanese soldiers have reportedly been discovered on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima ...

How Action Photo Equipment Works

How Stuff Works - 558 days ago
Some photographs have such an impact that they have become part of our collective psyches: Lee Harvey Oswald, his face contorted in agony as he's...