The vast number of graves he saw on Iwo Jima remains a lasting memory for Robert Bergen, a former Navy corpsman and one of the few remaining survivors of the battle fought there 80 years ago.

80 years ago, on the rocky volcanic island of Iwo Jima, the vicious battle for the Pacific reached ever bloodier crescendos. As Allied forces crossed the Rhine in Europe, American Marines won a ...

A campaign for these descendants to live on the island has been met with decades of resistance by the Japanese government The descendants of fishermen and farmers evacuated from Iwo Jima shortly ...

The descendants of fishermen and farmers evacuated from Iwo Jima shortly before it became the site of a key battle during World War II have stepped up their campaign to be permitted to live on the ...

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. During WWII ...

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 ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – For Franklin Borough, the fact that one of the community's own was among the six Marines raising the American Flag in Iwo Jima during World War II is a source of pride.