The Iwo Jima is part of a broader U.S. military buildup in the Sea off the coast of Venezuela, a deployment that includes ...

During the fighting on Iwo Jima, when another Marine tank got bogged down, Lucky’s crew responded. Tank commander Lt. Leonard ...

TOKYO Japan has returned to using the prewar name for the island of Iwo Jima site of one of World War II's most horrific battles at the urging of its original inhabitants, who want to reclaim an ...

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 ...

Seventy-five years ago Wednesday, Fred Reidenbach was aboard a Navy patrol craft loaded with radio gear, helping to coordinate the landing at Iwo Jima, a volcanic island the U.S. military hoped to use ...

A 103-year-old Navy veteran in Rock Island was there when one of the most iconic World War II photos was taken. "I saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima," Henry Diedrich recalled of that February morning in ...

A new mass of land was recently formed off the shores of Japan after an explosive underwater volcano activated at the end of October, according to researchers from the University of Tokyo. The ...

It’s the second shooting incident at the Marine base in less than three months. Two cases are now under investigation ...

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 ...

With neither beauty nor bounty to its credit, the volcanic island of Iwo Jima entered history with one of those grisly distinctions reserved for small bits of strategic land in wartime. In a 36-day ...

"I saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima," Henry Diedrich recalled of that February morning in 1945. He's proud to have seen it, though he's not the type to bring it up in conversation. For Diedrich, life ...