1945 marked one of the most grueling and significant battles of World War II—the Battle of Iwo Jima. This small, volcanic island in the Pacific became the stage for a fierce and bloody confrontation between American and Japanese forces. As part of the U.S. strategy to capture strategic locations leading to Japan, Iwo Jima held …
Walking through Wellington, New Zealand I came across this plaque that says, “The United States Marine Corps arrived at this quay in May 1942 and left from here to service in the Pacific theatre of war.”
This year for the remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor here is the quote from Harry S. Truman from the World War II memorial in Washington D.C.
