Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

Before he passed, former Texas Tech Professor Bill Pasewark recalled seeing "things that stay with you forever" on Iwo Jima during World War II.

They needed a safe haven. Iwo Jima, halfway between Tokyo and the Marianas, was ideal. American landing strips on Iwo Jima would not only provide emergency assistance, but could also be a base for ...

A war of tomorrow — rather than yesteryear — is coming into focus in the straits between the mainland and Taiwan.

Editor's note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima. In February 2020, Military Times interviewed Marine Corps veteran and Iwo Jima survivor Don Harris.

landing on Filipino soil by October 1944, while Admiral Chester Nimitz advanced through the Central Pacific, seizing the Mariana Islands (which include the Northern Marianas and Guam.) Iwo Jima is ...

An air and sea bombardment by US forces preceded the landing at Iwo Jima. Americans had total naval air and tank superiority, involved 60,000 forces, and deployed three times the number of ...

One of 27 Marines awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, Justice left a four-generation legacy of service that is still going strong. Now a Marine ...

(Claire Barrett) From Roi-Namur, Harris became a radio operator with Recon Company, landing at Eniwetok, Saipan and Tinian before his final operation: Iwo Jima. And once again, Harris stepped forward.