Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, which served as a companion piece to Letters From Iwo Jima, is headed to a new ...

The invasion of Iwo Jima, known as Operation Detachment would see the USMC undertake a huge amphibious invasion of the Japanese held island of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1944. The operation was planned ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- 99-year-old WWII veteran William "Buck" Myers lives to tell the tale of the Battle of Iwo Jima on its 80th anniversary. "We were undergoing fire at the time," he ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. Today in History: ...

Renee Tabet explained her stepfather, Escolastico “Cole” Griego, a young Navy corpsman drafted at 19, was tasked with making life-and-death decisions on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World ...

More than 1,000 American flags were placed on the lawn of the memorial this year. Each flag was dedicated by loved ones of ...

TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War ...

Last Saturday, Ron Scharfe stood atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi and looked down at Green Beach. A thousand yards away and 70 years gone by, the Navy coxswain nicknamed “Rondo” piloted a landing craft ...

A 103-year-old Navy veteran in Rock Island was there when one of the most iconic World War II photos was taken. "I saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima," Henry Diedrich recalled of that February morning in ...

LOS ANGELES — By 76, most directors have put their heavy lifting behind them, their pace slowing, the quality of their films waning. Not Clint Eastwood. For the follow-up to his 2004 Academy Awards ...