A war of tomorrow — rather than yesteryear — is coming into focus in the straits between the mainland and Taiwan.
Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...
So, the fact Iwo Jima had a landing strip on it was important for that reason, as well as serving as a base for the projected attack on Tokyo.” But the victory came at a tremendous cost to the Marines ...
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.
Robert Boyd Jr. begged his widowed mother to let him join the Marines during World War II before he turned 18. He survived the trial by fire at Iwo Jima ...
A Blair County man who lost his life in the Battle of Iwo Jima has been memorialized by the nonprofit Stories Behind the ...
Lee's ship was anchored about 300 yards off Iwo Jima, the day Marines had secured one of the three airstrips for the first B-29 bomber to make an emergency landing. "Yesterday, I was watching ...
MILLINGTON, Tennessee – A Kerrville native is serving aboard USS Iwo Jima, a U.S. Navy Wasp class amphibious assault ship.
They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers ...