One of the few remaining Marines who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II was laid to rest Monday at Fort ...

The Troy Bowling campus was named for a Kentucky Marine who was severely wounded during the same battle. Bowling joined the U ...

The invasion of Iwo Jima, known as Operation Detachment would see the USMC undertake a huge amphibious invasion of the Japanese held island of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1944. The operation was planned ...

Jimmy Twedt of Roland was just 17 when he signed up to fight in WWII. He is one of the fallen who will be remembered on ...

After weeks of fierce fighting, even battle-hardened U.S. Marines were “sitting on the ground, hands to their faces, sobbing their hearts out.” Among the most brutal battles of World War II in ...

This Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the invasion of Iwo Jima, one of the most intense battles in world history. The U.S. Marines of the 5th Marine Amphibious Corps, including the 3rd ...

Films of the battle for Iwo Jima, being digitized 75 years after they were made, offer connections and lessons for Americans of today. ...

Approximately one-third of all Marines killed in action during World War II were killed on Iwo Jima. More than 100,000 Americans fought there and 6,821 died as a result — 5,931 of them Marines.