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 ...

They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers ...

February 23 is a special day because it is the anniversary of raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War. The iconic image of ...

CENTRAL — The Battle of Iwo Jima was 80 years ago, when the U.S. captured the strategically located Pacific island after a five-week campaign running from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945. The eventual ...

"I do hope she has lost her desire to run away from home," her father wrote two days before the first wave of Marines landed at Iwo Jima ... raised the second U.S. flag that flew over Mount ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The city of Boulder removed an American flag that was hung upside down from the 2nd flatiron on Friday afternoon. An upside-down American flag has been a form of protest for ...

A classic Dixxon removable sticker tag depicts the photograph of the brave flag raisers of Iwo Jima. Dixxon’s limited lines are available on a first come, first served basis, the release noted. For ...

He was killed in combat on March 3rd, 1945, eight days after the raising of the flag, and only a week before he was to turn 21. He was initially buried on Iwo Jima, but his body was moved to ...

(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 ...

But if one had to nominate a particular group of WWII American fighting men for the title of “Greatest of the Greatest Generation,” then the troops who fought at Iwo Jima certainly have to be ...