IWO-TO, Japan — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II's bloodiest battles. Naruhito and his wife, ...

From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Marine Corps earned its reputation for tackling some of the bloodiest battles of World War II’s Pacific Theater. What few remember is that the U.S. Army usually fought ...

On February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines launched Operation Detachment, the massive assault on Iwo Jima, beginning one of the ...

Editor’s note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima. In February 2020, Military Times interviewed Marine Corps veteran and Iwo Jima survivor Don Harris.

IWO JIMA, Japan (Reuters) - I was told the slopes of Mount Suribachi sometimes run red with rust, like blood, from shells left from the battle for Iwo Jima but what struck me most was the tranquillity ...

They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers diminish with each passing year, eight veterans of the Battle of Iwo Jima ...

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, deadly ...

IWO JIMA, Japan (AP) – A team of American searchers looking for the remains of the Marine who filmed the famous flag raising over Iwo Jima say they’ve located two possible sites and recommend a larger ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - While most of the battle scenes in "Flags of Our Fathers" were shot in Iceland, Clint Eastwood's companion piece, "Letters From Iwo Jima," was strictly a southern ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. Starbucks sells 60 ...