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 ...

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 ...

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

The Battle of Iwo Jima is one of the most important moments in U.S. Marine Corps and American history. Early in the campaign, ...

Joesphy was a military war correspondent during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. His voice can be heard frequently in the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Recordings Collection – preserved by the Library ...

Duane Tunnyhill talks about the war in 2015 with a group of World War II veterans of the battle of Iwo Jima at the Bohemian ... that shrapnel wound during a charge into a small valley — but ...

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.

Philadelphia, Pa -- 99-year-old WWII veteran William "Buck" Myers lives to tell the tale of the Battle of Iwo Jima on its 80th anniversary. "We were undergoing fire at the time," he said ...

"The 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima is a solemn yet important reminder of the sacrifice of the Greatest Generation," said Boozman. "The resilience and courage of our U.S. Marines was ...

In Photos U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Division planted an American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb ... Some died in a final banzai charge; others ended their ...