The Battle of Iwo Jima raged between the US Marines and Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Army. Tasked with capturing the ...

Donald Earl Whipple, 99, was featured as the FOX31 Serving Those Who Serve Hero of the Month last December for his heroics ...

The battle for Iwo Jima would rage for another month. Of the 110,000 U.S. soldiers, sailors, and pilots who fought on that volcanic outpost, a staggering 26,000 would be killed or injured.

Iwo Jima (Sulfur Island) isn’t the real name of the island — it’s actually called Iwo To, but was misidentified by Japanese naval officers before the battle. It’s a flyspeck in the western ...

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

The Battle of Iwo Jima was an intense, 36-day battle that became one of the major turning points in WWII. The raising of the American flag on Feb. 23, 1945, ...

From left, Leroy Hanson, Joseph “Pep” Vocelka and Duane Tunnyhill, Omaha survivors of the World War II battle of Iwo Jima, raise a final toast at the last formal reunion of local Iwo Jima vets ...

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

Desert Storm is an interesting chapter of U.S. military history that doesn't get a lot of attention.On the Price of Freedom, a solider who was there shares how ...

WWII Marine Cpl. Frank S. Wright's 100th birthday wish is to receive 100,000 postcards or birthday cards. Here's where you can send him one.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has paid respects to atomic bombing victims in Hiroshima as the city marks the 80th anniversary of ...