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 ...

When U.S. Marines hit the beaches during the invasion of Iwo Jima in World War II ... Even before the Marines stormed the beach, battleships and aircraft had shelled the small island, which ...

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 ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

Lt. Col. Joshua Chambers never knew his great-grandfather but grew up with family bedtime stories about Col. Justice Chambers and the troops he led in 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines. One of 27 ...

Charles Cram spent his first night on Iwo Jima alone in a foxhole, unsure of the time or what lay ahead. “I didn’t know what time it was. It was dark, and I didn’t know anything about it ...

“Five years ago we had more than 50 Iwo Jima survivors gather at ... one of the first Tank Landing Ships to land on the island’s Green Beach. “We were the first ship next to Mount Suribachi ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Chesapeake World War II hero whose service included the Battle of Iwo Jima has passed away, family members said. Edward Vincek was a farmer-turned-corporal in the Marines.