Japan's plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall On a ...

The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims ...

It’s entirely possible they never left Iwo Jima, and ended up buried under the island’s black sands. Or if they did get removed, they could have been dumped in the ocean along with all the ...

The story of the park is a complicated affair and has grown into a situation where it seems to languish without a foreseeable ...

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Whatever you do, don’t call Don Whipple a former Marine. “Well, I never really actually got out of the Marines. You never get out of it. Once a Marine, always a Marine ...

Everyone recognizes the image of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima. But what do you know about the place we were actually fighting for? s a memorial to the astonishing war slaughter of the modern age ...

Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island. Why was it so important for American forces? The answer is simple. The U.S. needed Iwo Jima's airbases. Harry George in front of ...

A memorial service was held for Japanese soldiers who perished in ferocious fighting while defending the Pacific island ...

One of the troops photographed raising the US flag on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima in 1945 was misidentified, the US Marine Corp says. The famous picture was taken by the Associated Press after ...

A Final Landing on Iwo Jima is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

Whipple, 99, fought in the Pacific during World War II and earned a Purple Heart when he was wounded by a mortar shell upon landing on the island of Iwo Jima. He was named this months FOX31 ...