Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

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

Her father lived through the battle as a combat correspondent. Feb. 23, 2025 Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is arranging to attend a memorial service later this month at the site of a fierce ...

Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for desperate, deadly ...

Explore the brutal realities of the Battle of Iwo Jima—one of the bloodiest and most iconic battles in Marine Corps history.

The Library of Congress preserved recordings from Marine Corp combat correspondents at Iwo Jima that included interviews with ...

With very few living members of the greatest generation left to call upon, veterans in Boston were prepared to turn to surviving family to commemorate the Battle of Iwo Jima one last time ...

William "Buck" Myers reunited with a fellow veteran in 2005 and continues to keep his memory alive on the 80th anniversary of ...

Joe Cappuccio, a 99-year old Roslindale native, fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima after enlisting in 1943 at age 18. Cappuccio was one of three World War II veterans who joined dozens of civilians ...

February 23 is an day Dick Jessor marks every year. Now 100-years-old, he still remembers the moments he and his fellow marines first landed on Iwo Jima.