It would take the Marines more than a month of yard-by-yard fighting over inhospitable terrain to secure the island. The battle for Iwo Jima was over on March 26, 1945. Less than two weeks later ...

In Photos U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Division planted an American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945.Credit...Joe Rosenthal/Associated Press Supported by By ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up ...

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.

Originally told to go ashore to discover more about the island’s terrain, as no American had ever set foot on Iwo Jima, enemy fire kept them from getting any closer than 100 yards before being ...

Originally told to go ashore to discover more about the island's terrain, as no American had ever set foot on Iwo Jima, enemy fire kept them from getting any closer than 100 yards before being ...

80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in World War II: the Battle of Iwo Jima. The small island between the ...

(Mainichi/Toshio Kurihara) TOKYO -- Japan's land ministry has clarified that there is no law prohibiting former residents of Ioto Island (Iwo Jima) from returning to the island as they are seeking ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will attend a memorial service in late March on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Gen Nakatani, the Japanese ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Sunday marks 80 years since U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi and hoisted the American flag at Iwo Jima. The move was a symbol of hope and freedom during a tough battle and ...