Don Moore

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PGI resident fought 36 days at Iwo Jima

In U.S. Marine Corps, World War II on February 27, 2012 at 4:38 am

This is Russell Holland’s Parris Island graduation picture taken in Nov. 1943 according to the information at the bottom of the photograph. He is the Marine holding the M-1 rifle in the top row 2nd from the right. Photo provided

Russell Holland of Punta Gorda Isles, Fla. was a corporal in the 5th Marine Division on Feb. 19, 1945, when his unit went ashore on the first day of the battle for Iwo Jima. It was one of the major battles in the Pacific during the closing months of World War II. Read the rest of this entry »

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Southwest Florida man landed on Iwo Jima – Among third wave of Marines, Crossley ate roasted chicken during battle

In Purple Heart, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II on November 5, 2011 at 4:38 am

Bob Crossley of Venice, Fla. holds a Japanese battle flag taken from a dead Japanese Marine during the Battle of Iwo Jima 60 years ago this month. Note the tiger's head at the upper left hand corner. He believes this indicates the Marine who owned it may have fought in China before he died at Iwo Jima. The flag is signed by all the men in the company. Sun photo by Don Moore

U.S. Marine Pfc. Bob Crossley of Venice, Fla. hit the beach on Iwo Jima in a Higgins boat in the third wave on Feb. 19, 1945. He was a member of the 5th Marine Division, 26th Regiment, 2nd Battalion D-Company. Read the rest of this entry »

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Iwo Jima photographed by Lou Lowery a Marine photographer 65 years ago

In U.S. Marine Corps on February 14, 2011 at 4:38 am

Marines put up the second American flag atop Mount Suribachi and take down the first flag on Feb. 23, 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima near the end of World War II. Photo provided by Dick Honyak

Dick Honyak walked into the Charlotte Sun newspaper office in Englewood, Fla. six years ago and dropped a big, thick, loose leaf notebook full of 8 by 10 black and white photographs on my desk. The historic photos were of the Marines taking Iwo Jima from the Japanese at the close of World War II. Read the rest of this entry »

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He saw first Iwo Jima flag raisings

In U.S. Marine Corps, World War II on May 3, 2010 at 4:38 am

The first flag goes up on Iwo. This flag-raising most people don’t know anything about. The famous picture of the 2nd flag-raising captured by  AP photographer Joe Rosenthal that made the front page of hundreds of newspapers in the US amounted to nothing, according to the men who put it up. Photo by Sgt. Lou Lowery/Leatherneck Magazine

The light cruiser Vicksburg laid a half-mile off the beach at Iwo Jima. Her 5-inch and 8-inch guns had pounded Mount Suribachi and the surround shoreline for days. Read the rest of this entry »

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