For the 80th Reunion of Honor, seven WWII veterans will return to Iwo Jima and be joined by defense secretaries from the US ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

Marines initially invaded Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, as part of the U.S. island-hopping campaign in the Pacific, and it took four days to gain the summit of Suribachi, according to a Department of ...

Japan and the United States called Saturday for a strengthening of their alliance as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new US ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised the strong friendship between U.S. and Japan at the 80th anniversary of Battle ...

As Allied forces crossed the Rhine in Europe, American Marines won a costly victory on Iwo Jima in their island-hopping campaign towards the Japanese mainland. For the latest instalment of our 'D ...

Roughly 70,000 U.S. soldiers fought to take Iwo Jima. More than 6,500 were killed. Of the 20,000 or so Japanese defending the island, about 19,000 were killed in combat.

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — Fall River will honor and pay tribute to the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Iwo Jima Friday morning. The Fall River Veterans’ Service office is holding a ...

Alfred Lewis, a WWII veteran who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima, opens a birthday gift from the crew of the USS Bougainville during a ceremony for Lewis at Singing River Island in Pascagoula on ...

One of 27 Marines awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, Justice left a four-generation legacy of service that is still going strong. Now a Marine ...