Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ... still fighting in the Pacific theater, my father joined a war bond ...

The vast number of graves he saw on Iwo Jima remains a lasting memory for Robert Bergen, a former Navy corpsman and one of the few remaining survivors of the battle fought there 80 years ago.

80 years ago, the battle of Iwo Jima came to an end on 26 March 1945. After 36 days of fighting, nearly 7,000 US Marines had been killed and another 20,000 injured. Don is joined by historian ...

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 spring of 1945, The Battle of Iwo Jima raged between the US Marines ... ultimately became one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Pacific War, leading to the deaths of almost 7000 US soldiers ...

Editor’s Note: Samantha Bresnahan is a supervising producer for CNN and author of the new book, “IN BLOOD, FLOWERS BLOOM: A World War II Story ... forces on Iwo Jima during the battle.

102-year-old WWII veteran John Robinson ... During the final stages of the Pacific War at the Battle of Iwo Jima, photographer Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press documented an iconic image ...

Boswell was being honored, not just for being a veteran nearing his 101st birthday, but for being one of the few remaining American survivors of the infamous Battle of Iwo Jima. "There are a lot ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese island ...