Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at Iwo Jima Monday as they begin a tour of memorial visits this month to ...

Once in life, a second time in death, Pfc. Ira Hayes — World War II veteran, Iwo Jima flag-raiser, Pima Indian — ran head-on into the homefront propaganda machine. He wasn’t the first ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and ...

WW II Marine and Iwo Jima Survivor Sammy Bernstein's story of two battles, the first, his thirty-six days of hell on Iwo | ...

Japan and the United States engaged in heavy fighting known as the Battle of Iwo Jima between February and March 1945, resulting in some 21,900 Japanese and about 6,800 American deaths.

Iwo Jima was only 750 miles from mainland Japan ... Most would fight to the death. Pasewark recalled being back on ship after delivering the dead to be buried on the beach in a mass grave.

In the fallout, some of the Hayes descendants are stepping up. These relatives were reminded why they keep on sharing his ...

Boyd is believed to be the last of the group Iwo Jima veterans still living, since the death of Duane Tunnyhill in January. Eighty years after the battle, his pride in having served is undiminished.