In February 2020, Military Times interviewed Marine Corps veteran and Iwo Jima survivor Don Harris ... groups" tasked to scout possible beach landing locations, soil permeability for said landings ...

Boyd and the wounded lieutenant managed to help each other back to the landing beach. They were triaged and sent to different hospital ships. He stuck around Iwo Jima long enough to see the flag ...

A war of tomorrow — rather than yesteryear — is coming into focus in the straits between the mainland and Taiwan.

“Capturing Iwo Jima had immediate consequences for the approach to Japan ... The scale of the loss was on display when Jessor and fellow Marines retraced their steps to the landing beach, which was ...

Today marks 67 years since thousands of Marines stormed the beaches of Iwo Jima ... an emergency landing. "Yesterday, I was watching about a hundred Marines taking baths in the beach, probably ...

They needed a safe haven. Iwo Jima, halfway between Tokyo and the Marianas, was ideal. American landing strips on Iwo Jima would not only provide emergency assistance, but could also be a base for ...

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

Feb. 19, 1945, they landed on Iwo Jima. As they reached the shore, the Japanese were firing heavily at the Americans advancing. "I hit the beach, looked over to my left and there was a Marine ...

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

Hopkins was later killed at Iwo Jima. (Courtesy of Don Harris ... was that of “observer groups” tasked to scout possible beach landing locations, soil permeability for said landings, clearing ...