A handful of retired Marines — all in the late 90s or over 100 — joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Prime ...

One of 27 Marines awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, Justice left a four-generation legacy of service that is still going strong. Now a Marine ...

In early 1945, his platoon of 60 Marines and 36 dogs got orders to Iwo Jima, the monthlong struggle in February and March 1945 that became the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history. Americans ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

Charles Cram spent his first night on Iwo Jima alone in a foxhole ... took part in last year’s ceremony on the island, the Marine Corps said at the time. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ...

Before he passed, former Texas Tech Professor Bill Pasewark recalled seeing "things that stay with you forever" on Iwo Jima during World War II.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial ...

“No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the U.S. Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima,” according to Stories Behind the Stars. “In terms of its combat brutality and staggering ...

chugging along toward a flyspeck island called Iwo Jima. He didn’t know he was headed into what would become the most storied battle in Marine Corps history, a 36-day meat-grinder that would ...

Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six Marines photographed hoisting a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 ... During a 1993 speech at the Marine Corps War Memorial, Marine Corps Commandant ...

It was 80 years ago today when the Allies won the Battle of Iwo Jima after a month of intense ... with the actual flag on loan from the US Marine Corps Museum. Following the film’s success ...