Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

But the fighting, some of the deadliest of World War II ... combat. Iwo Jima means “sulfur island” in Japanese, and Japan’s imperial army had fortified its caves with tunnels and other ...

A sailor in the Pacific during World War II, he missed her birthdays and Christmas ... days before the first wave of Marines landed at Iwo Jima. A month after the battle ended, he wrote, "You ...

Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi ... over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in World War II. Marines initially invaded Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, as part of the U.S. island ...

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.

WASHINGTON - Pete Hegseth will make his first trip to Asia as defence secretary next week, travelling to key US allies the ...

Pete Hegseth will make his first trip to Asia as defense secretary next week, traveling to key US allies the Philippines and ...

But a World War II battle 80 years ... kind of caged combat. Iwo Jima is Japanese for “sulfur island,” and the Japanese Imperial army had fortified its caves with tunnels and other defenses.

A 19-year-old Waynesboro area Marine who lost his life during the World War II assault on Iwo Jima 80 years ago is being remembered by Stories Behind the Stars. Pfc. Frederick J. Ricard was born ...