This week in Pacific history

March 14th - March 20th

March 14th - March 20th

Marines in a ditch with a tank in the background

Marines from the 24th Marine Regiment during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
 

United States Marine Corps

March 14th, 1951Korean War: U.N. troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
March 16th, 1945World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends with small pockets of resistence remaining.
March 16th, 1968Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs.
March 17th, 1973 – The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting USAF Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Stirm being reunited with his family after spending more than five years as a POW in Vietnam.
March 20th, 1995 – The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo executes a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.