After four years of intense fighting in the Pacific, American forces decided they would need airfields nearby to Japan in order to invade the country and hasten an end to the conflict. To achieve this ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- 99-year-old WWII veteran William "Buck" Myers lives to tell the tale of the Battle of Iwo Jima on its 80th anniversary. "We were undergoing fire at the time," he said, recalling ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Reporter’s Notebook: This week marks the 80th anniversary of the famed Battle of Iwo Jima. Some of the men who braved those shores are in town to mark this key turning point ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II's bloodiest battles. Naruhito and his ...

ARLINGTON, Va (ABC7) — Nearly 7,000 United States Marines were killed, and another 20,000 were injured during the Battle of Iwo Jima that lasted 36 days during World War II. It was one of the ...

LISBON, N.D. (Valley News Live) - At the North Dakota Veterans Home in room D121 lives a 101-year-old World War II veteran. “They drafted me and I went to Fort Snelling,” said World War II Veteran, ...

Marine veteran Leighton Willhite, 100, visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in August to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima for the first time since World War II. Marine ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. Trump holds talks ...