A campaign for these descendants to live on the island has been met with decades of resistance by the Japanese government The descendants of fishermen and farmers evacuated from Iwo Jima shortly ...

His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...

But if one had to nominate a particular group of WWII American fighting men for the title of “Greatest of the Greatest Generation,” then the troops who fought at Iwo Jima certainly have to be ...

They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers ...

In Photos U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Division planted an American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945.Credit...Joe Rosenthal/Associated Press Supported by By ...

Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas Eve sledding accident.

William "Buck" Myers reunited with a fellow veteran in 2005 and continues to keep his memory alive on the 80th anniversary of ...

In honor of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Providence Academy –  a Pre-K–12 “classical Christian school” ...

One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Chesapeake World War II hero whose service included the Battle of Iwo Jima has passed away, family members said. Edward Vincek was a farmer-turned-corporal in the Marines.