Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to ...

Bob O’Shea celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday, April 21, at Lexington Park Assisted Living. His wife of nearly 74 years, Joan, was at his side. O’Shea served with the Marines during World War II ...

WASHINGTON – Charlie Pase considers himself “unusually lucky.” ...

Pfc. Harry LeBert was a young Marine and father of two who — having just recovered from injuries received in the Battle of ...

Tristan Begines of Vancouver was among 12 Young Marines from across the country who recently traveled to Guam and Iwo Jima to honor the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima by planti ...

Steve McQueen, who would have been 95 today, starred in several World War 2 films in addition to The Great Escape.

Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the Hollywood actor felt he was too old to play Sgt John M Stryker, and at one ...

William Gosch of North Tonawanda is a 101-year-old World War II combat veteran, and a subject of a California artist's project that combines history and art.

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

By Clay Risen Joe Harris, who as a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit during World War II parachuted into ... In January, a group of Marine Corps veterans and wildland firefighters visited ...