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 desperate, deadly ...

The vast number of graves he saw on Iwo Jima remains a lasting memory for Robert Bergen, a former Navy corpsman and one of the few remaining survivors of the battle fought there 80 years ago. Troops ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Marines and their families came together at the State House on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the historic Battle of Iwo Jima. This World War II battle lasted 36 days ...

DUMFRIES, Va. — A 100 year-old World War II veteran and Marine tank driver reunited with the tank that once carried him through the Battle of Iwo Jima, rekindling his memory of one of the fiercest ...

It would be easy to mistake LHD-7 for an "aircraft carrier," but the conventionally-powered warship is actually a Wasp-class ...

DANBURY -- Marching in five-by-five formation, the Marines made their way up a hilltop on the barren Japanese island of Iwo Jima. All of a sudden, John yelled, "Spike, behind you!" Emil Samuelson, ...

Maduro was detained in Caracas along with his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown by helicopter to the amphibious assault ship USS ...

With very few living members of the greatest generation left to call upon, veterans in Boston were prepared to turn to surviving family to commemorate the Battle of Iwo Jima one last time, only to be ...

TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War ...

The USS Saufley served in many WWII missions, conducting anti-shipping sweeps, escorting reinforcements, and providing shore ...