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American landing strips on Iwo Jima would not only provide emergency assistance, but could also be a base for American fighter ... been attacking B-29s in the air and on the ground.

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the battle that produced one of the most inspiring images in our ...

All it takes is a close of his eyes and Don Graves is a 19-year-old at the historic battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, wondering if he’d see his 20th birthday. “I remember the bullets flying all ...

Seventy-five years after Kunizo Iwai fell in the Battle of Iwo Jima, his son, Kentaro, wants to finally bring his father home. Kunizo Iwai is one of the more than 10,000 Imperial Japanese Army ...