Until recently, a page on the Defense Department’s website celebrated Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six ...

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 ...

Hopkins was later killed at Iwo Jima. (Courtesy of Don Harris ... Harris caught wind that a company in the tank battalion was being redesignated into a reconnaissance unit. Harris jumped at ...

There were tanks blasting away ... Lee's ship was anchored about 300 yards off Iwo Jima, the day Marines had secured one of the three airstrips for the first B-29 bomber to make an emergency ...

A war of tomorrow — rather than yesteryear — is coming into focus in the straits between the mainland and Taiwan.

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up ...

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, 1945.Credit...Joe Rosenthal/Associated Press Supported by By ...

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

BOULDER, Colo. — Sunday marks 80 years since U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi and hoisted the American flag at Iwo Jima. The move was a symbol of hope and freedom during a tough battle and ...