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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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Cpl. Robert Stilson of Alameda Isles, Englewood fought on Iwo Jima 19 Feb. 1945

In U.S. Marine Corps, World War II on February 18, 2011 at 4:38 am

Marines on Iwo Jima hold Japanese battle flag souvenirs taken from the bodies of dead enemy soldiers. Almost every Japanese marine went into battle carrying a battle flag. Photo provided

Robert Stilson of Alameda Isles Mobile Home Park in Englewood, Fla. was a 19-year-old Marine Corps corporal who charged ashore from a Higgins Boat onto the black sandy beach at Iwo Jima on the first first day in the second wave –Feb. 19, 1945– to play his part in one of the major battles in the Pacific during the closing months of World War II.

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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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