TOKYO - The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through waters east of the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, Japan's top government spokesperson said on June 9.

One of the few remaining Marines who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II was laid to rest Monday at Fort ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima was an intense, 36-day battle that became one of the major turning points in WWII. ... Then I turned around and took our casualties back to the hospital ships. ...

Amazing footage taken by Japan's Coast Guard shows an eruption near Iwo Jima after an eruption just two months prior to when ...

WWII Marine Cpl. Frank S. Wright's 100th birthday wish is to receive 100,000 postcards or birthday cards. Here's where you ...

Iwo Jima is located 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo. A statement by Japan's Joint Staff showed over the weekend that the Liaoning, accompanied by some other ships, sailed in the sea within ...

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Philippine Sea. JSDF Photo. The People’s Liberation Army Navy Liaoning Carrier Strike Group is operating southeast of Iwo Jima for the first time in one ...

He survived the attack on Iwo Jima as a Marine at 20, ... flares from U.S. Navy ships lit up the sky like daylight. Wolbach survived the 35-day battle, but 7,000 U.S. sailors and Marines did not.

The propeller that helped thrust the USS Shangri-La aircraft carrier and figures into a pivotal scene from the Apollo 13 ...

The newly commissioned USS Canberra entered World War II's Pacific theater late but exceptionally, enduring brutal encounters at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. However, her luck ran out on October ...

Capt. Richard Haley relieved Capt. Brian Hamel as USS Iwo Jima’s (LHD 7) 18th commanding officer during a ceremony, June 13th ...

The flag came off the USS Missoula, a tank transport ship that was serving as a floating field hospital during the first days of the Battle of Iwo Jima, an island riddled with Japanese tunnels and ...