IWO JIMA, Japan - Maj. Sean Stinchon stands at the base of Hill 362A and scans a map drawn up by Navy Seabees in 1948 that is deeply creased and covered in reddish brown dirt. The map shows a ...

Note: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect name for Lawrence Waltrip’s company, Signature Mulch. JAMES CITY — Months after its founder’s death, the completion of the planned Iwo Jima ...

DOSS, Texas - The nation's largest 60th-anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of Iwo Jima did not occur on an island or, for that matter, anywhere close to salt water. Some 30 acres on a Hill Country ...

DOSS, Texas (AP) -- As the sound of artillery filled the air, about 200 performers carrying M1 carbines climbed a muddy hill on a central Texas ranch marking the nation's largest 60th-anniversary ...

One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.

The First Battalion of the 28th Marines on Iwo Jima: A Day-by-day History from Personal Accounts and Official Reports, with Complete Muster Rolls. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, 2004.

Follow a veteran of the 4th Marine Division as he returns to Iwo Jima for the final time. We also chronicle a son who has spent decades trying to get details of his father's time on Iwo, with little ...

In a potential war with either Nicolas Maduro’s military and/or Venezuela’s massive, powerful drug cartels, the USS Iwo Jima would be instrumental in multi-phased operations. In the volatile landscape ...

Bunker Hill, 1775. The battle ; The redoubt, part one ; The beach ; The rail fence ; The redoubt, part two ; The wounded and the dead ; Aftermath -- Gettysburg, 1863. Combat in the Civil War ; The ...