A campaign for these descendants to live on the island has been met with decades of resistance by the Japanese government The ...

Yes, this is the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima. This island was critical in the war against fanatic Japanese. Victory took over five weeks – Feb. 19-March 26. The cost taken ...

The last several years have featured milestone anniversaries for some of the fiercest and most memorable events of World War II including the attack on Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and the ...

From Trump proclamation: "Five days into the conflict, six Marines ascended the island’s highest peak and hoisted Old Glory ...

Iwo Jima survivors Joe Caminiti, of Bristol, and Peter Senick, of New Haven, attended the 80th annual Iwo Jima memorial ...

At 100 years old, Dick Jessor remembers the moments when he and his fellow Marines landed on Iwo Jima and the hope he felt ...

The front page of the Record on Feb. 26, 1945, published what is the most patriotic picture in American history: the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during ...

Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an American flag, a moment that was ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, a contingent of U.S. Marines climbed to the top of Mount Suribachi, the highest point of Iwo Jima. Atop the ...

“Iwo Jima – 80 Years Later.” “This powerful program will include a presentation about the true story of the two flag raisings on Mount Suribachi, a moment etched in history and a symbol ...

No American had ever fought on Japanese soil ... The U.S. Marines Memorial is a statue of the flag raising at Iwo Jima. Dean Hensley/ Times-News USA TODAY NETWORK ...