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.

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.

Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

"We didn't know a thing about combat but we had the sense that nothing could survive on that island," Jessor said. Feb. 19, 1945, they landed on Iwo Jima. As they reached the shore, the Japanese ...