Charles Cram spent his first night on Iwo Jima alone in a foxhole, unsure of the time or what lay ahead. “I didn’t know what time it was. It was dark, and I didn’t know anything about it ...

US 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 II ...

“Over 80,000 Marines, soldiers, and sailors from our two countries fought at Iwo Jima. More than 26,000 died here. Today, we revere their courage. Today, we remember their valor and sacrifice ...

Hegseth landed on Iwo Jima, now known as Iwoto, the island where Japanese and American soldiers faced off in one of the war’s fiercest battles. He joined several American veterans who survived ...