| IWOJIMA | Which Pacific Japanese island was captured by the US Marine Corps in 1945, and returned to Japan in 1968? (3,4) |
| OKINAWA | After fierce fighting, this island was captured by US forces in 1945 and not returned to Japan until 1972 (7) |
| LORNA | She was captured by the fictional Doone clan |
| GUNNERY | ___ sergeant, non-commissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant in the US Marine Corps (7) |
| SAIPAN | Island captured by the US in 1944, and used as a base for air attacks on mainland Japan (6) |
| FIDELIS | Latin motto of the US Marine Corps, meaning 'always faithful' (6,7) |
| SEMPER | Latin motto of the US Marine Corps, meaning 'always faithful' (6,7) |
| GERONIMO | Apache chieftain captured by the US military in 1886 (8) |
| SEMPERFI | Abbreviated motto of the United States Marine Corps (6,2) |
| MOTTO | Semper fidelis for the US Marines |
| ELLE | Lifestyle magazine founded in Paris in 1945, and launched in Britain and the US in 1985 |
| NAGOYA | A castle in which Japanese city was built in 1612, destroyed in 1945, and rebuilt in 1959? (6) |
| CHILE | Gabriela Mistral, a poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945 and was described as "a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world," belonged to this country |
| VERONA | The site of this Italian city became a Roman colony in 89 BCE and was captured by Charlemagne in 774. It is one of the richest cities in northern Italy in Roman remains. The amphitheatre located there |
| ENIWETOK | Which Pacific atoll was taken from the Japanese by the US and used as an atomic weapons testing site |
| TEFLON | What synthetic fluoropolymer was trademarked by DuPont in 1945 and is best known for its use in kitchens? (6) |
| TAHITI | Which Pacific island was home for some time to painter Paul Gauguin and the crew of the Bounty? (6) |
| BAGWASH | Old-fashioned laundry at which clothes were laved in a drawstring sack and returned to patrons damp and unpressed; or, the linens laundered (7) |
| NORTH | Oliver-, former US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel; 2018-19 president of the NRA (5) |
| APIA | In which Pacific capital did Aggie Grey, the inspiration for Bloody Mary in South Pacific (1949), se |
