Iwo Jima diversity row overshadows US-Japan commemoration weekend
A commemoration this Saturday, marking the 80th anniversary of Iwo Jima has been overshadowed by the removal of the battle’s ...
The Japan Times9d
‘DEI’ purge prompts Pentagon to remove webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
The Pentagon said that the page and others, which were removed under the Trump administration’s wide-ranging crackdown on ...
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Marines, sailors, and USS NEVADA pivotal in Iwo Jima battle
Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...
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DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes — then restored one, with changes
In mid-March 2025, a claim circulated online that the U.S. Department of Defense ... helped four fellow Marines and a Navy corpsman raise the second flag on Mount Suribachi, Japan." ...
The Washington Post11d
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six Marines photographed hoisting a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, as an emblem of the “contributions and sacrifices Native Americans have made to the ...