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

Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which served as a companion piece to Letters From Iwo Jima, is headed to a new ...

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. Today in History: ...

Renee Tabet explained her stepfather, Escolastico “Cole” Griego, a young Navy corpsman drafted at 19, was tasked with making life-and-death decisions on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World ...

More than 1,000 American flags were placed on the lawn of the memorial this year. Each flag was dedicated by loved ones of ...

A Brooklyn native seen helping raise the flagpole after the Battle of Iwo Jima is one of the Marines being highlighted by a ...

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 ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — The arctic blast has indefinitely postponed an Iwo Jima 80th anniversary event at Circle Cinema co-organized by Tulsa WWII collector Keith Myers that was set for Feb. 19. 2 News visited ...

Last Saturday, Ron Scharfe stood atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi and looked down at Green Beach. A thousand yards away and 70 years gone by, the Navy coxswain nicknamed “Rondo” piloted a landing craft ...