Editor’s Note: Samantha Bresnahan is a supervising producer for CNN and author of the new book, “IN BLOOD, FLOWERS BLOOM: A World War II ... speck of island in the middle of the Pacific ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

which will seek to push U.S. forces further out into the Central Pacific Ocean around the Hawaiian Islands, Luck concluded.