Historian John McManus rates the accuracy of World War II battles in "Masters of the Air," "Pearl Harbor," and "Flags of Our ...

The BAR played a fundamental role in the famous battle of Iwo Jima. Weighing in at 18 pounds, it was essential for service members like Medal of Honor recipient Pvt. Wilson Watson to take the island.

Corporal Don Graves was in a fox hole on Iwo Jima, close to Japanese lines, when he heard a Japanese soldier inviting him over. By Paul Szoldra Updated on Feb 23, 2021 12:38 PM EST The Battle of ...

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 ...

The Marine Corps commemorates the Battle of Iwo Jima’s 75th anniversary in 2020, honoring the nearly 70,000 U.S. troops who invaded the island.

The only thing Thomas Ramm has left from his time on Iwo Jima is a tattered map of the remote Pacific island. That, and a ...

Since the end of August, a memorial commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima has been planted on top of a ...

In the process, he meets Robert Mueller, a veteran who survived the battle of Iwo Jima, where the Stinger made its debut. (03:20) Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partners Terms ...

Today, US and Japanese visitors to Iwo Jima pay their respects to those who died in the battle together — as allies. Here, American and Japanese war veterans, US Marines and US Navy sailors ...

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes retraces the steps of those who fought in the Iwo Jima battle Another famous Associated Press photo - the so-called Gung Ho shot showing 18 Marines standing on the volcanic ...

Best Director nominee Clint Eastwood's charged companion piece to his "Flags of Our Fathers" is a poignant and impressive deconstruction of the World War II battle from the perspective of the ...

He tended to the wounded on Iwo Jima in 1945, the bloodiest battle in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. (Photo courtesy Thomas Ramm) Ramm turns 99 years old in November, but you would never ...