His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...

Feb. 23, 2025 Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ... machine-gun nest on a map so as to forward the ...

Jessor had hoped to return to Iwo Jima last year. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans offered to cover all expenses for him and his wife to attend a Pacific war theater travel lecture tour ...

Speaking about his service in World War II hasn't always been easy. He joined the Marines in 1942, taking classes at Yale and undergoing training in Hawai'i before being shipped out to Iwo Jima in ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the famed Battle of Iwo Jima. Some of the men who braved those shores are in town to mark this key turning point in World War II. One by one, with canes ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat ...

80 years ago, one of the most brutal battles of World War II took place on the island of Iwo Jima. The Battle of Iwo Jima has been etched into history as one of the deadliest and most significant ...