In a potential war with either Nicolas Maduro’s military and/or Venezuela’s massive, powerful drug cartels, the USS Iwo Jima would be instrumental in multi-phased operations.

At just 16, Frank S. Wright lied about his age to join the Marine Corps and went on to see combat on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Guam and Iwo Jima.

In the spring of 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima unfolded as one of the Pacific War’s most brutal clashes, pitting U.S. Marines ...

Eighty years after the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, Leighton Willhite traveled to the National Museum of the ...

Wounded twice fighting in the Pacific in World War II, including at Iwo Jima, Frank S. Wright received an honorary promotion ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...

More than 100 runners will carry the U.S. flag up Palo Duro Canyon’s CCC Trail in a three-mile honor run benefiting veterans ...

SAN ANTONIO — Nearly eight decades after U.S. Marines raised the flag at Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, five of them reunited at San Antonio's Menger Hotel to reconnect and ...

Iwo Jima Day marks the anniversary of the date in February 1945 when the Battle of Iwo Jima began, with the invasion of Iwo Jima island by the United States Armed Forces. Some of the bloodiest ...

TOKYO -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War ...

Texas – Millions of visitors flock every year to the Iwo Jima monument in the nation’s capital. It sits across the Potomac River in Arlington Ridge Park, Virginia — a bronzed statue symbolizing honor, ...