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The Battle for Iwo Jima at 75: The Guns They Carried

by Chris Eger

Some 75 years ago today, 60,000 U.S. troops began a campaign to seize an eight square mile pork chop-shaped island none of them had likely heard of before-- Iwo Jima. Soon, they would never forget it. 

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Marine lieutenant on his way home after 72 years (VIDEO)

by Chris Eger

Killed in WWII at the Battle of Tarawa, Medal of Honor recipient 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., is on the way home to Tennessee to be buried next to his parents.

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Marines bring 36 of their own home after 7 decades (15 PHOTOS)

by Chris Eger

Thirty-six caskets holding the remains of U.S. Marines killed in the 1943 Battle of Tarawa were returned from battlefield interment last weekend.

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