The Iwo Jima is part of a broader U.S. military buildup in the Sea off the coast of Venezuela, a deployment that includes ...

During the fighting on Iwo Jima, when another Marine tank got bogged down, Lucky’s crew responded. Tank commander Lt. Leonard ...

Jared Frederick stands at a memorial on top of Mt. Suribachi. He teaches history at Penn State Altoona and is the host of the new documentary “I Hiked Iwo Jima: A Virtual World War II Battlefield Tour ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – The feet that climbed Mount Suribachi move slower now. But they marched proudly into Memorial Hall on Wednesday to observe the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, greeted by ...

A Brooklyn native seen helping raise the flagpole after the Battle of Iwo Jima is one of the Marines being highlighted by a ...

Aging veterans return to Iwo Jima -- perhaps for the last time -- to commemorate the 65th anniversary of one of the costliest American victories of World War II. Feb. 7: Branches weighted with snow ...

Dr. Joe Fitzgerald grew up in a military family with a father who served at Iwo Jima and brothers who were career military ...

“Iwo Jima was the most ferocious battle the Marines have ever fought. And they were treating it that way while we were still fighting,” said Alvin M. Josephy Jr. As a Marine Corps combat correspondent ...

Norman Baker arrived at Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, the first day of the invasion. It was clear and sunny. “It was a beautiful day,” he said, recalling his time as an 18-year-old Seabee. “Then the ...

During the 1982 Falklands War (Malvinas for the Argentine people) the U.S. publicly claimed neutrality. But in secret, President Ronald Reagan’s administration had developed plans to loan a ship to ...

T. Fred Harvey, a World War II veteran who was wounded and earned the Silver Star during the Battle of Iwo Jima, is looking to become the oldest Marine to participate in the Marine Corps Marathon on ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - They were dubbed the greatest generation; however, World War II veterans are dying at a rate of 400 a day, and with their passing, the world is losing countless stories and ...