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 ...

In spring 1945, the US island-hopping campaign was drawing closer to the Japanese mainland. US commanders were thinking about an invasion of Japanese itself, and invading Okinawa was seen as a prelude ...

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 ...

Staff Sgt. Alvin Joesphy Jr.'s voice from Iwo Jima is insistent, but collected. It rings through time with bell-like clarity. "An American dive bombing attack is taking place just ahead of us on the ...

HUBBARDSTON – As difficult as military deaths of young soldiers are to endure; some stories are even more heartbreaking than others. In the case of Private Arne Rasinen, he was an only child, twice ...

February 23 marks the day the United States Marines raised America’s flag over Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima almost 80 years ago. The moment has been immortalized in a famous ...

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 ...

He served aboard the USS Arkansas in both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters, most notably during the D-Day invasion of Normandy in the Atlantic, and the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa in ...

In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the ...

Staff Sergeant Alvin Joesphy Jr.'s voice from Iwo Jima is insistent, but collected. It rings through time with bell-like clarity. "An American dive bombing attack is taking place just ahead of us on ...