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The Battle of Iwo Jima: A gruesome victory for the Allied Forces All About History © Provided by Live Science This squad of Marines, 2nd Separate Engineer Battalion, Co. B, unloads supplies on Red Beach, Iwo Jima The Battle of Iwo Jima took place in 1945 during the final months of World War II. To this day, it is considered one of the most iconic clashes of the so-called Pacific campaign, or Pacific War — when American forces and their allies fought against Imperial Japan across the vast Pacific Ocean.  A hallowed event in American military history, Iwo Jima has come to ...

James M. Hughes Jr., 93, Altoona, passed away Monday at UPMC Altoona following a brief illness. The son of James and Jean (Roy) Hughes, he married Eve Christodoulos on June 12, 1949, in Altoona. He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years in 2010; and his daughter, Happiness Singler, in 2019. He is survived by three daughters: Holly (Jim) Means of Westerville, Ohio, Hope (Dave) Furrer of Baltimore, Md., Heather (Jim) Little of Altoona; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Jim joined the Marine Corps right out of high school in 1945 and served with the 1st Separate Engineer Bat...