After more than six decades, WWII Marine documents his experiences of the attack and of his life afterward. News. Sports. ... Sunday marks the 67th anniversary of the storming of Iwo Jima.

At 19, Pfc. Duane Tunnyhill of Omaha was ready to die with his fellow Marines at Iwo Jima. He survived and lived another 80 years to become the last man WWII Marine from Omaha who was wounded at ...

A U.S. Marine Corps photo from Iwo Jima of a flamethrower operator from E Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division.

On this day in 1945, six U.S. Marines raised the American flag over the island of Iwo Jima on the fourth day of what would become over a month long brutal battle.

To put it in a statistical perspective, 20% of all WWII Navy and Marine Corps Medals of Honor were earned at Iwo Jima. 5. U.S. Marines Were Marines and Nothing Else on Iwo Jima.

Nanni’s remains were disinterred from Iwo Jima’s 4th Marine Division Cemetery and repatriated to the United States aboard USAT Dalton Victory. He was laid to rest on Jan. 12, 1949 in Long ...

Walter O’Malley, a Corporal from the 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, who was among the first to land on the island of Iwo Jima, also attended the event.

Marines land on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps) Their main task was to determine what the black strip around Iwo Jima was made of. Arriving at Iwo on Feb. 16, 1945, ...

After 36 days, the Marines secured Iwo Jima. A short time later, U.S. aircraft were able to use its runway, which—combined with the island’s proximity to the Japanese mainland—made it a strategic ...

Gen. Eric Smith, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, gives a speech during a reenlistment ceremony for the 2nd Marine Logistics Group. (Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri/Marine Corps) ARLINGTON ...

Sporting a hat reading "Iwo Jima Survivor," one of those Marines that Reyes said he was inspired by talked about driving tanks on the small Pacific island that American military members stormed on ...