At 19, Pfc. Duane Tunnyhill of Omaha was ready to die with his fellow Marines at Iwo Jima. He survived and lived another 80 years to become the last man WWII Marine from Omaha who was wounded at ...

Besides, the flag replacement was such a non-event on Iwo Jima that day that the 2nd Battalion's Action Report for Feb. 23 - which detailed the first flag-raising, covered reconnaissance patrols ...

Emperor Naruhito has repeatedly stressed the importance to remember and keep telling the tragedy of the war to younger ...

Amazon Prime fans have been blown away by a war film which has been hailed as a "masterpiece". Letters from Iwo Jima, released in 2006, follows Japanese soldiers who fought during the Battle of ...

♪♪ I saw the first B-29 land on Iwo Jima, and that's why we had to take that island, so the B-29s could make it all the way to Japan. If we hadn't taken Iwo, it wouldn't have happened.

The morning of Feb. 19, 1945, dawned eerily quiet as Dale Faughn made his way toward the shores of the remote Japanese island of Iwo Jima. But in an instant, the 20-millimeter dual purpose guns ...

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Philippine Sea. JSDF Photo. The People’s Liberation Army Navy Liaoning Carrier Strike Group is operating southeast of Iwo Jima for the first time in one ...

At 95, R.J. George is one of the state's last remaining Iwo Jima survivors. The five-week battle started on Feb. 19, 1945 — 75 years ago this Wednesday.

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through waters east of the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, Japan's top government spokesperson said on Monday.