Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...

Feb. 23, 2025 Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for ...

Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the famed Battle of Iwo Jima. Some of the men who braved those shores are in town to mark this key turning point in World War II. One by one, with canes ...

Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi ... over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in World War II. Marines initially invaded Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, as part of the U.S. island ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering visiting the island of Ioto, also known as Iwo Jima, a fierce battleground ... in the final stages of World War II. Defense Minister Gen Nakatani ...

John G. Connolly, the chief pay clerk who died aboard the USS Oklahoma in the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and became ...

The community will gather at Fall River's Bicentennial Park for a Day of Recognition for the End of the Battle of Iwo Jima ...

Journey through the blood-soaked shores of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in The Pacific, a war drama that intertwines personal struggles with intense combat sequences.