Until recently, a page on the Defense Department’s website celebrated Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six ...

Near Washington, D.C., in Arlington, Virginia, the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial depicts the famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima. To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the battle, Praesidus Watch Co ...

Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

(7News) — Reporter’s Notebook: This week marks the 80th anniversary of the famed Battle of Iwo Jima. Some of the ... They finished their tour at the Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington where ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would ... over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in World War II. Marines initially invaded Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, as part of the U.S. island ...

Iwo Jima means “sulfur island” in Japanese ... one car for each country — and we would sometimes pass the Marine Corps War Memorial, Mr. Rosenthal’s photo cast as a bronze statue.

Private 1st Class Harold Gonsalves received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions during the Battle of ...

They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers ...

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