The U.S. needed Iwo Jima's airbases. Harry George in front ... And I remember my control column flopped in my lap. The airplane commander's control column flopped this way. The rudder just went ...

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 Stinger machine gun in WWII Which is precisely how a few United States Marines designed and built the “Stinger” light machine gun (LMG) during the lead-up to the invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945.

He witnessed the raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima, one of the most iconic moments ... Okinawa and Guam as a radioman second class on the command ship USS Eldorado, and was named in the New ...

Corporal Don Graves was in a fox hole on Iwo Jima, close to Japanese lines ... “So my other two buddies, they said, ‘make enough for three of us.'” So there he was, slicing up his chocolate ...

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

Mining company Rio Tinto has reported that a deck fitter on board its bulk carrier RTM Zheng He, travelling from China to Western Australia… ...

Recently digitized footage shows the Marine assault on Iwo Jima during World War II, including prepping equipment, arriving on the island and raising the flag. (U.S. Marine Corps History Division ...

The BAR played a fundamental role in the famous battle of Iwo Jima. Weighing in at 18 pounds, it was essential for service members like Medal of Honor recipient Pvt. Wilson Watson to take the island.

“She put his favorite singer, Frank Sinatra, on her phone and he peacefully left us.” Persichitti had served in Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Guam as a radioman second class on the command ship U.S.S ...