The USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the first amphibious assault ship specifically designed as a helicopter carrier, capable of ...

"Flag raising on Iwo Jima," Feb. 23, 1945. (Joe Rosenthal/Associated Press, now in the National Archives) After having to shut down for several months because of the COVID-19 crisis, the National ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II's bloodiest battles. Naruhito and his ...

A 100-year-old veteran who survived the Battle of Iwo Jima recounts his experience and the freedom he's enjoyed since the Allies won World War II.

WASHINGTON (TND) — Toward the end of World War II, U.S. Marines launched a major amphibious attack against the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. It was one of the bloodiest battles in the history of the ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Dignitaries from the federal government, military officials, and families of those killed in the World War II battle of Iwo Jima traveled to Japan to mark 80 years since the ...

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. 2 News visited ...

MORRISON, Colo. (KDVR) — The only thing Thomas Ramm has left from his time on Iwo Jima is a tattered map of the remote Pacific island. That, and a whole lot of sobering memories. As a Navy corpsman, ...

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT- More than 4,000 sailors and Marines from the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group left Naval Station Mayport Thursday afternoon on a seven-month deployment. The USS Jima, USS New ...

A Marine who was present for the Battle of Iwo Jima's history-making flag-raising has died days before the battle's 76th anniversary. Elwood "Woody" Hughes died Feb. 2 at age 95, the Daily Herald ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako, ...