To honor the five-week Iwo Jima campaign, the Victory Sands models of the Iwo Jima A-11 depict a map of the island with the progress of the Marine Divisions from February into March 1945.

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 ... machine-gun nest on a map so as to forward the information ...

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 ...

Don Harris, left, with his best friend, Walter Hopkins, while stationed in Maui during WWII. Hopkins was later killed at Iwo Jima. (Courtesy of Don Harris) Assigned to the Signal Company ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — The arctic blast has indefinitely postponed an Iwo Jima 80th anniversary event at Circle Cinema co-organized by Tulsa WWII collector Keith Myers that was set for Feb. 19.

The ceremony honored the service of all WWII veterans, including Monticello ... the bravery of his men and Boots' bravery in the whole battle of Iwo Jima.” Among the veterans in attendance ...