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

The sand of Iwo Jima continued to ... and his fellow 5th Division Marines returned to Hawaii to prepare for what was sure to be a far bloodier affair: the invasion of mainland Japan.

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

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

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 massive military parade commemorating the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army, which coincides with President Donald Trump ’s ...

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 Memorial Day.

but after weeks of fighting it would be the following month when Iwo Jima was declared secure and firmly in the hands of the U.S. Marines. In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder I look at the invasion ...

Maybe the Japanese were all dead from the pre-invasion bombardment ... Fred Haynes, a marine captain who fought on Iwo Jima, "one of the most excruciating ordeals experienced by Americans in ...

In Photos U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Division planted an American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945.Credit...Joe Rosenthal/Associated Press Supported by By ...

In response, officials decided the military needed to capture Iwo Jima from the Japanese. Following months of attacks by air and sea, the Marines launched their ground invasion on February 19 ...

The Marines were shipped back to their training grounds in Maui for their next mission—the planned invasion of Japan. They spent their days practicing landing craft invasions. At night, Jessor says he ...