Today In History: Mickey Mantle Retires

52 Years Ago, a baseball legend retired from the MLB. Mickey Mantle, nicknamed “The Mick” was a career center fielder of the New York Yankees that is highly regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Achievements Throughout Mantle’s 18 year career, he was the Atlantic League MVP three separate times, a

History of February 23rd: Planting The Flag On Iwo Jima

76 years ago today,  Cpl. Harlon Block,  Pfc. Harold Keller,  Pfc. Franklin Sousley,  Sgt. Michael Strank, Pfc. Harold Schultz, and Pfc. Ira Hayes planted the American flag on top of Iwo Jima’s highest mountain, making for an iconic photograph and video. A Brief History Operation Detachment, or the Invasion of Iwo Jima was one of