Local family recalls Iwo Jima

This month marks the 76th anniversary of the start of World War II’s Battle of Iwo Jima, shortly after which four Ennis men lost their lives. Dooney Pierce, Joe Crow, Airdale Goodwin and Jack Lummus were among the Marines and Navy men who stormed the island and were felled within days of one another in February and March 1945. The conflict on Iwo Jima would go on for 37 days, during which time som…