The recordings were initiated several years before the Battle of Iwo Jima, beginning in 1943, by the Library of Congress. Originally, they were intended to document soldiers' songs and the music ...

Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for desperate ...

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

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 Battle of Iwo Jima and the iconic flag-raising on Mount Suribachi are deeply embedded in both Marine Corps tradition and ...

‘Uncommon valor was a common virtue on Iwo Jima," Adm. Chester Nimitz once said. About 100,000 Marines —many of them collegiate All-Americans — landed on the tiny volcanic island in ...

The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, as the United States tried to take control of a key strategic point to advance to mainland Japan.

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

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

On July 5, 2025, the National Museum of Military Vehicles will host Shayne Jarosz, Executive Director of the Iwo Jima Association, for a special two-hour presentation about the Battle of Iwo Jima. The ...