Each Senator at Western represents a specific constituent group, usually in his or her discipline, and works to apprise constituents of current Senate action and discussions. Senate Elections and appointments to Standing Committees take place in Spring quarter. What committee work does the Senate oversee?
What was true of the battle Iwo Jima? The island battle represented some of the most vicious fighting throughout the Pacific theater of operations. It was the first successful American attack on Japanese soil.
In Lions of Iwo Jima, readers wade ashore with the officers and men of Combat Team 28, one of the Marine units tasked to secure Mount Suribachi. PFC Thetford is one of the 6,821 who fought bravely and gave their lives on the shores of Iwo Jima. In ancient times Iwo Jima had been formed by the eruption of a volcano with the lava flowing northwards. The Lions of Iwo Jima tells the full story of the three assault battalions of Combat Team 28 from their training to the landing on February 19, 1945, the seminal battle for Mt.