Don Harris went ashore on Iwo Jima, where he and his fellow Marines faced one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.
“We were all scared,” Marine Corps and World War II veteran Don Harris told Military ... Harris was rehired by New York Life and went to Springfield College, receiving a Bachelor’s degree ...
In the early days of American involvement in World War II, the M1903 Springfield ... of its bolt-action Model 70 rifles to the U.S. Marine Corps only months after the U.S. entered the Second ...
As soon as the United States entered the Second World War, the country ensured its frontline troops had everything they ...
Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone, one of World War II’s most decorated Marines, received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross ...
located at Veterans Way on Court Street across from Springfield City Hall. That monument currently has memorials dedicated to veterans of World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and a ...