The invasion of Iwo Jima, known as Operation Detachment would see the USMC undertake a huge amphibious invasion of the ...

After weeks of fierce fighting, even battle-hardened ... about every corner of Iwo Jima’s eight square miles. What he saw from about a quarter-mile away sent a charge of excitement through ...

102-year-old WWII veteran John Robinson, the last surviving member of his unit, recounted his experiences at the Battle of Iwo Jima ... there was a lieutenant in charge, I was a staff sergeant ...

Marine was landed in Iwo Jima among the initial waves, before the Japanese unleashed a terrible barrage of artillery Cook took cover wherever he could His experience of hand-to-hand combat during ...

He wrote his "darling wife and babies" on March 27, one day after the Battle of Iwo Jima , to let them know he was all right after the Japanese banzai attack. "The raid put the fear of God into ...

Zilliacus, 98, was aboard the submarine USS Spot on March 17, 1945, weeks after the Iwo Jima battle began ... The sub survived multiple depth-charge attacks during the war.

At approximately 0200 hours, 2 enemy battalions swarmed up the ridge line in a ferocious banzai charge in an ... for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima in February 1945.

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.

I fought like hell,” recalled retired Marine Raider Frank Wright of his experience during the Battle of Iwo Jima eight decades ago ... members of today’s amphibious force have an important charge: to ...

Ernest “Boots” Thomas, who led the charge up the mountain with only ... the bravery of his men and Boots' bravery in the whole battle of Iwo Jima.” Among the veterans in attendance were ...

Ernest “Boots” Thomas, who led the charge up the mountain with only ... first unit photographed raising a flag after the battle of Iwo Jima. Thomas was killed eight days later, a week short ...

Some died in a final banzai charge; others ended their own lives rather than surrender to the Americans. Two hid in the warren of caves until 1949, emerging to a changed world nearly four years ...