Tag: Tinian

Don Farrell, Historian for Marianas, Added to Symposium Lineup

We are excited to announce that Don Farrell, our historian for Marianas on our Iwo Jima: War in the Pacific Tour, has a new book being published and he will be coming to New Orleans for a book signing and presentation during our Leadership in American History Symposium & Historic New Orleans Tour. As many …

Iwo Jima Veteran Recalls His Service During the War in the Pacific

We wanted to share this article by Lou Michel of The Buffalo News on Robert L. Schmidt, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, who fought on four different islands in the Pacific during WWII — an atoll in the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Titian and finally, Iwo Jima. Mr. Schmidt, who is originally from Buffalo, but now …