Iwo Jima survivors, from left, Bob Boyd, Vocelka, John Dickinson, Tunnyhill and LeRoy Hanson. Vocelka returned to Nebraska soon after the end of World War II, while Tunnyhill stayed in the Marines ...

No one was going to keep young Duane Tunnyhill from fighting in World War II, wearing the uniform of the United States Marines. But the Omaha lad had a big problem. Even after his 17th birthday ...

RACINE — Organizers of the Iwo Jima memorial planned for Pritchard Park have temporarily put fundraising on hold until late October due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Donald Earl Whipple, 99, was featured as the FOX31 Serving Those Who Serve Hero of the Month last December for his heroics during the bloodiest battle in the history of the Marine Corps 80 years ...

Letters from Iwo Jima. Just a masterpiece," one declared on X as another penned: "I am moved to tears by Letters From Iwo Jima." "Letters from Iwo Jima is truly a masterpiece of his.

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through waters east of the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, Japan's top government spokesperson said on Monday.

One of them is 96-year-old Marine Corporal Hershel “Woody” Williams, who fought valiantly during the Battle of Iwo Jima and was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman in 1945.

The veterans reach Iwo Jima on March 23. The battle that ended on March 26 in 1945 marked Japan’s first military defeat on its own soil. Iwo Jima was returned to Japanese hands in 1968.

Worf, from Montana's Rosebud County, was also an 18-year-old Marine on Iwo Jima. He was less than a mile away when the first flag went up. Now 82, Worf is retired from the U.S. Forest Service.

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