Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog
The Battle for Iwo Jima at 75: The Guns They Carried
by Chris EgerSome 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.
The post The Battle for Iwo Jima at 75: The Guns They Carried appeared first on Guns.com.
3rd Marines
4th Marines
5th Marines
Auto-Ordnance
browning machine gun
combat shotgun
Green Beach
Gun culture
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima 75
Iwo Jima battle
Iwo Jima Marine
m1 carbine
M1 Garand
M1911
M1917 machine gun
M1917 Marine
M1919 machine gun
M1919 Marine
m4 sherman
marine shotgun
Military
Red Beach
shotgun iwo jima
Thompson sub gun
tommy gun Marine
Trench gun
Winchester
Winchester trench gun
WWII Marine fighter ace recognized by Congress
by Chris EgerOne of the last remaining fighter aces from the Greatest Generation received the Congressional Gold Medal at age 91 Friday for his actions over Okinawa in World War II.
The post WWII Marine fighter ace recognized by Congress appeared first on Guns.com.
1st Lt. Jerry O'Keefe
Air Medal
Biloxi
browning machine gun
Congressional Gold Medal
corsair
Death Rattlers
Distinguished Flying Cross
F4U
F4U-1D Corsair
fighter ace
Japanese kamikazes
Jerry okeefe ace
Kadena air field
Klu Klux Klan
living American fighter aces
marine
Marine fighter ace
marines
Military
Navy Cross
Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
Politics & 2nd Amendment
Rep. Steven Palazzo
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
usmc
Val dive-bomber
VMF-323
Weapons
World War II
wwii