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 ...

Clint Eastwood's war movies as an actor and/or director range from leaving something to be desired to being haunting tributes to real-life combat veterans.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 97-year-old World War II veteran from Kentucky returned to a historic battlefield almost 80 years after his service. Dale Faughn, who served for U.S. Marines, visited Iowa ...

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 ...

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. Naruhito and his ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A small wooden tablet that belonged to a Japanese soldier killed during the Battle of Iwo Jima was returned to his family in December thanks to the efforts of a Texas-based ...

COLUMBIA — When tens of thousands of U.S. Marines landed on the 8-square-mile Japanese island of Iwo Jima in 1945, some troops carried and operated cameras. Some 50 Marines, known officially as combat ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WJLA) — A Virginia school board member is under fire after describing theBattle of Iwo Jima as "evil" at a recent school board meeting. Abrar Omeish's comments have received ...

Marine veteran Leighton Willhite, 100, visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in August to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima for the first time since World War II. Marine ...