He joined the Marines at 16, served as a Raider, and fought at Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal in World War II. Now, he just wants ...

House Armed Services Committee members this week will hold their annual marathon markup for the defense authorization bill, a ...

From Harrier launches to life-saving drills, the 22nd MEU(SOC) sharpens its edge aboard the USS Iwo Jima during high-tempo sea training in the Atlantic.

The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) concluded the ...

Iwo Jima Reunion. Aging veterans return to Iwo Jima -- perhaps for the last time -- to commemorate the 65th anniversary of one of the costliest American victories of World War II.

Iwo Jima survivors recall 1945 battle 02:58. WASHINGTON --It was 70 years ago Thursday, during the Second World War, that U.S. forces began a bloody but successful battle to capture the Japanese ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima raged from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945. About 27,000 men were killed, including 20,000 Japanese soldiers hiding in tunnels and burrowed in caves and pillboxes on the 8-square ...

Sixty-five years ago a force of 70,000 U.S. Marines fought and won a pitched battle against Japanese forces on the island of Iwo Jima, a rocky and uninhabited stretch of earth 750 miles to the ...

At 100 years old, Dick Jessor remembers the moments when he and his fellow Marines landed on Iwo Jima and the hope he felt days later seeing Old Glory raised high.

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 new island is an indication that Iwo Jima is volcanically active again. Setsuya Nakada / Asahi Shimbun “Volcanic ash and bombs reached ejected masses as high as 100 meters high above, and ...