No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat ...

In the fight for Iwo Jima ... and tank support until the island was declared secure at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 16. That announcement turned out to be premature though because the 5th Marine ...

No historical account of World War II would be complete without covering the Battle of Iwo Jima ... Marines risk sniper fire atop Mount Suribachi as they gather to the great attraction of the day ...

As a Marine with the 5th Division, Michael Nesbella and the 250 men in his company were among the men in the 3rd Regiment to hit the beaches of the Japanese-held Pacific island Iwo Jima ...

Williams' 1st Battalion assaulted straight across the middle of the island with tanks ... outfit attached to the 5th Marine Amphibious Corps, also hit the beach at Iwo Jima.

Follow a veteran of the 4th Marine ... 5th Pioneer Battalion. >> Everybody was just laying there, taking the barrage, and all you had to do was pray. >> Bernstein was scheduled to leave Iwo Jima ...

These men were from the 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, and they carried with them a U.S. flag taken from the USS Missoula, a tank transport ship that delivered troops and cargo to Iwo Jima.

4th and 5th Marine divisions, the Army’s 147th Infantry Regiment and the Navy’s 5th Fleet,” the DOD wrote. The Battle of Iwo Jima took place from Feb. 19, 1945 to March 26, 1945 with heavy ...

The invasion of Iwo Jima began in February 1945. After Saipan, it was the next stop for Dinsmore and the 2nd Battalion. The job of the amtanks would be to accompany the 4th and 5th Marine ...

Vincek, 98, fought with the 5th Marine Division in the Battle of Iwo Jima for the entirety of the 36-day battle, the Marine Corps said. Vincek was unable to attend the Marine Corps birthday ball ...