They were kids, mostly, not even old enough to vote, young enough to consider a 24-year-old captain the “old man.” Some were combat veterans, taking part in campaigns on islands named Guam, Tinian, ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an ...

TOKYO — The Japanese website for Clint Eastwood’s “Letters From Iwo Jima” opens with a pitch to go see a movie about “an island the world must not forget.” But it is the Japanese who have always ...

When most Americans think of the World War II battle for Iwo Jima – if they think of it at all, 75 years later – they think of one image: Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, the island ...

A powerful firsthand account reflecting on the realities of combat during the Battle of Iwo Jima. This story shares ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II started Feb. 19, 1945. It lasted until March 26, 1945. Iwo Jima is an island south of Tokyo. The United States launched an amphibious invasion on the island ...

On this day in 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal took the most famous photograph of World War II. Rosenthal’s photo showed five Marines and one Navy corpsman hoisting the American flag ...

The USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the first amphibious assault ship specifically designed as a helicopter carrier, capable of ...

Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for desperate, deadly ...

We’ve read about dozens of copies of the Declaration of Independence, hundreds of Revolutionary War musket balls and every variety of Lincoln relics conceivable. But perhaps the most numerous story ...

A member of the Fairfax County School Board called the Battle of Iwo Jima "unfortunate" and "evil" during a school board meeting on Thursday. School board member Abrar Omeish was discussing the Day of ...

On the 75th anniversary of the horrific battle of Iwo Jima, Rene Gagnon, Jr., is still coming to terms with the fact that his father was not among the six Marines in one of the most iconic photos of ...