In addition to the usual celebrations for veterans, the community rededicated its Iwo Jima Memorial ... idea for the memorial—a silhouette of the famous World War II image of Marines raising ...

WAKEENEY, Kan. (KSNW) — The Iwo Jima Memorial in WaKeeney is moving and will have a new home. The City of WaKeeney’s travel and tourism director, Lynelle Shubert, said the memorial was ...

Seven months later, they fought as Marine infantrymen at Guadalcanal. Later Worth became an officer and commanded a team of military dog handlers in the battle of Iwo Jima. He was an eyewitness to ...

Police have closed off Lowell Boulevard in both directions as they investigate a singular vehicle motorcycle crash that sent one to the hospital. Football fans flocked to the bars to celebrate a ...

This is a vast saga [by Harry Brown] of a marine platoon whose history is traced from its early combat training through its storming of Iwo Jima’s beaches to the historic flag-raising episode ...

“Think of these guys that literally laid down their life for the cause there at Iwo Jima,” Whipple said, reflecting on the more than 6,000 Marines who didn’t make it off that island aliv ...

The design reflects the black volcanic ash that covers Iwo Jima, tying the whiskey to the battle’s historical context. , inspired by the iconic flag-raising and designed to honor the Marine ...