The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. 80 years ago, the battle of Iwo Jima came to an end on 26 March 1945. After 36 days of fighting, nearly 7,000 US Marines had been killed and another 20,000 ...

The Marines recently landed their first fixed wing aircraft on a recertified airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, which jarheads captured after brutal combat in 1944. The KC-130J Super ...

The flight test was held at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 19, fired from a High Mobility Artillery ...

On the Pacific island of Guadalcanal in 1942, the famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning ...

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

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

Marines raise the American flag at the summit of Mt. Suribachi during the battle for Iwo Jima in 1945. This enduring image is actually of the second flag raised on the mountain that day.

A World War II veteran in Wisconsin turns 100 years old on Saturday. Lemmer served two-and-a-half years in the South Pacific ...