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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Iwo Jima

US Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a US flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)
December 13, 2024, 10:09 pm
San Francisco names street for Joe Rosenthal, who took iconic Iwo Jima photograph
Image became centerpiece of war bonds poster that helped raise $26 billion in 1945; when complimented, Rosenthal said: ‘Sure, I took the photo. But the Marines took Iwo Jima’
By Janie Har and TERRY CHEA
The flag-draped casket bearing the remains of Hershel W. 'Woody' Williams is carried by joint service members into the US Capitol, July 14, 2022 in Washington, to lie in honor. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)
July 15, 2022, 11:46 am
Congress honors Hershel Williams, WWII hero of Iwo Jima, with ultimate salute
77 years after his wartime heroism, Marine who died last month at 98 lies in honor in the US Capitol Rotunda, a tribute reserved for nation’s most distinguished citizens
By KEVIN FREKING
(L) An apparent image of Taliban fighters raising a flag in a mockery of iconic WWII photo (R) In this Feb 23, 1945 file photo, US Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)
August 22, 2021, 8:27 am
Taliban image said to mock iconic photo of US flag-raising on Iwo Jima
Elite commando unit, seemingly sporting advanced military gear, raises white flag of the militant group
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Screen capture from video of the dedication of Iwo Jima marines 5th Division cemetery, March 1945. (YouTube)
February 24, 2020, 4:47 am
Historic Iwo Jima footage shows individual Marines amid the larger battle
Campaign to take island, burial services for dead were captured on film, including a eulogy by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn, the Marines’ first-ever Jewish chaplain
By Greg Wilsbacher
Chaplain Paul Hurley, Army Chief of Chaplains, places 'sand of Iwo Jima' on a newly dedicated interfaith memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, also known as Punchbowl Cemetery, in Honolulu, during a dedication ceremony on December 13, 2017. The memorial honors chaplains of different faiths who served in the US Armed Forces. (Honolulu Creative Media)
March 27, 2018, 2:50 am
Deep in the crater of a volcano sits a new memorial to Pacific Theater chaplains
At the ‘Punchbowl Cemetery,’ a 1,600-pound black granite stone commemorates those who put their lives on the line to bring God into the lives of others
By Rich Tenorio
Screen capture from video of World War Two veteran Jerry Yellin who flew the last combat mission of the war. (YouTube)
December 26, 2017, 6:41 pm
Jewish pilot who flew last combat mission of World War II dies at 93
Disturbed by carnage in Japan, Jerry Yellin later turned to Transcendental Meditation; briefly relocated to Israel to protest Vietnam War
By JTA
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