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 ...

In the spring of 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima unfolded as one of the Pacific War’s most brutal clashes, pitting U.S. Marines ...

The Library of Congress preserved recordings from Marine Corp combat correspondents at Iwo Jima that included interviews with soldiers, music and... The Battle of Iwo Jima began 80 years ago. Listen ...

Bunker Hill, 1775. The battle ; The redoubt, part one ; The beach ; The rail fence ; The redoubt, part two ; The wounded and the dead ; Aftermath -- Gettysburg, 1863. Combat in the Civil War ; The ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A 100-year-old veteran reunited with “Lucky”—a tank he drove in 1945 during World War II on Friday. The reunion comes on the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender. Marine Corporal ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of a copy of Harold Raskin's typewritten diary "Blind Landing on Iwo Jima," kept during his time as part of the Army ...

The FBI-led analysis ensures no more corrections are needed. The United States Marine Corps corrected the identity of another one of the six men raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi in an ...

Frank S. Wright has lived a life. At 16, as World War II raged, he lied about his age and joined the Marine Corps, entering into the ranks of legends as a Marine Raider in the Pacific. He fought at ...