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 ...

CU Boulder photo by Glenn Asakawa. Above: Marines landing on the beach of Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945. On the evening of Feb. 18, 1945, Jessor was with the Fourth Marine Division on a tank-landing ship ...

Eighty years ago, Don Harris went ashore on Iwo Jima, where he and his fellow Marines faced one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.

He joined the Marines at 16, served as a Raider, and fought at Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal in World War II. Now, he just wants ...

Cpl. Eddie Vincek was 19 when he landed on Iwo Jima. In September, 100 Marines helped him celebrate his 100th birthday.

So, the fact Iwo Jima had a landing strip on it was important for that reason, as well as serving as a base for the projected attack on Tokyo.” But the victory came at a tremendous cost to the Marines ...

One of his great-grandfather’s stories — about landing on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945 — still sticks with him. The Marines were under so much gunfire that, as Justice recalled, “all you had ...

Battle of Iwo Jima Turning point WWII battle on Iwo Jima; B-29 bombers and the iconic photo explained by Col. Dave Severance; US Marine casualties ...

Iwo Jima is a dot in the Pacific where the U.S. needed a landing strip for U.S. bombers striking Japan during World War II. Some 70,000 marines, including retired Major General Fred Haynes, were ...

Robert Boyd Jr. begged his widowed mother to let him join the Marines during World War II before he turned 18. He survived the trial by fire at Iwo Jima ...

Eighty years ago, Don Harris went ashore on Iwo Jima, where he and his fellow Marines faced one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.