On the Pacific island ... famed 1st Marine Division — the oldest, largest and most decorated division of the U.S. Marine Corps — defeated Japanese forces in a turning point of WWII.

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of ...

Japan faces “the most severe security environment it has seen since the end of World War II ... Pacific. Saturday’s amphibious landing began at 9 a.m. with approximately 200 U.S. Marines ...

The tiny island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean lies around 1,250 kilometres (780 miles) from Tokyo and was the scene of ...

The island was the scene of 5 weeks of brutal combat between Japanese and US forces in World War II. Read more at ...

The head of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific ... work in the first island chain primarily with the assistance and support of our Japanese host," Rudder said. The United States and Japan ...