After four years of intense fighting in the Pacific, American forces decided they would need airfields nearby to Japan in ...

Eighty years after the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, Leighton Willhite traveled to the National Museum of the ...

After four years of intense fighting in the Pacific, American forces decided they would need airfields nearby to Japan in ...

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 ...

His physical wounds from Iwo Jima never completely healed. But Norbert Charron of Morris Plains is grateful for each and every new day. "Once a Marine, always a Marine," he says, determined to carry ...

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 ...

The day after the Battle of Iwo Jima started during World War II, on Feb. 20, 1945, the Associated Press reported in The Patriot that “the battle is fierce and is costing considerable lives.” In the ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Three Pennsylvania veterans were fighting in World War II at the battle of Iwo Jima 75 years ago. The battle claimed the lives of 6,800 U.S. Marines, leaving survivors like Ed ...

The following is adapted from “Unknown Valor: A Story of Family, Courage and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima," by Martha MacCallum, available Feb. 25 on Amazon and at bookstores near you. This ...

The invasion at Iwo Jima started 75 years ago today near the end of World War II. Ray Bronicki was a fresh-faced, 18-year-old Marine thrust into battle. WSBT 22's Ed Ernstes sat down with him as he ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A United States Marine veteran who fought for our country during one of the biggest battles of World War II is celebrating his 99th birthday. Coy Shue was surrounded by family, ...

A vial of volcanic ash and black sand from the island of Iwo Jima, a Japanese flag dated 1945 and signed by World War II Marines, and the faded - but not forgotten - memories of a few good Marines ...