ITOMAN, Japan – In Norman Baker's mind, the Japanese were fanatical, brutal animals with no respect for life. To Yoshiko Shimabukuro, Americans were long-nosed demons who rained hellfire from the ...

ITOMAN, Japan (AP) — In Norman Baker’s mind, the Japanese were fanatical, brutal animals with no respect for life. To Yoshiko Shimabukuro, Americans were long-nosed demons who rained hellfire from the ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A small wooden tablet that belonged to a Japanese soldier killed during the Battle of Iwo Jima was returned to his family in December thanks to the efforts of a Texas-based ...

Charles Sehe has hand-written notes in a large ring binder documenting his time in World War II from D-Day to Iwo Jima. He calls them “after the action” reports. His archives include volcanic sand ...

Former enemies turned allies returned to the volcanic sands of Iwo Jima on Saturday to pay tribute to those who lost their lives during the bloody 36-day fight 78 years ago. Approximately 220 visitors ...

FRAMINGHAM – As he peers at a framed photo of the vessel on which he served during the invasion of Iwo Jima, tears well up in the eyes of Stanley Berman and trickle down his cheek. In the distance of ...

FORT SILL, Okla.-- On board the USS Hamlin (AV-15), Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James Kennedy, then-19 years old, watched the Battle of Iwo Jima through a pair of binoculars Feb. 20, 1945. "I could ...

Thirty-eight years ago this week, a new commander of American forces on Okinawa declared the island “secure.” The new commander had just replaced Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, the highest-ranking ...

With neither beauty nor bounty to its credit, the volcanic island of Iwo Jima entered history with one of those grisly distinctions reserved for small bits of strategic land in wartime. In a 36-day ...