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In honor of all servicemen and women this Memorial Day, we reached into the Vault to find a patriotic & embellished M1911 -- the Colt Iwo Jima Collectible.

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Some 75 years ago this week the battle for Iwo Jima began, and Auto-Ordnance has a set of M1 Carbines, M1927 Thompsons and M1911s to honor the occasion.

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Some 75 years ago today, 60,000 U.S. troops began a campaign to seize an eight square mile pork chop-shaped island none of them had likely heard of before-- Iwo Jima. Soon, they would never forget it. 

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A year ago today, we lost Richard Overton. At 112 years of age, he was America’s oldest living Veteran. In 2015, he showed us his gun collection.

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A year ago today, we lost Richard Overton. At 112 years of age, he was America’s oldest living Veteran. In 2015, he showed us his gun collection.

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A chance encounter at the hands of Norm Hatch ended with photographer Joe Rosenthal atop the hill at Iwo Jima where the famous photo was taken.

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Historians thought Navy corpsman John Bradley was in the photo, but researchers concluded he was not there and now say the sixth man was Marine PFC Harold Schultz.

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Under Armour pulled a T-shirt design that parodied the iconic photo of Marines raising the flag in Iwo Jima after a backlash over the weekend on social media.

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An Illinois military museum has managed to save a historic machine gun, captured by an area Marine during World War II-- but only after a local sheriff rescued it from the ATF first

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The money will be used to fully restore the memorial back to its original luster, and make improvements in landscaping to the surrounding areas. Improved signs are also planned and better handicapped access.

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