John Wayne finally won his sole acting Oscar in 1970, but he arguably should have gotten it 20 years earlier for his greatest ...

Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the Hollywood actor felt he was too old to play Sgt John M Stryker, and at one ...

Eastwood made “Flags of Our Fathers” as part of a hugely ambitious two-film project. The second part of that project, “Letters from Iwo Jima,” told from the Japanese point of view ...

IWO-TO, Japan — 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 ...

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 ...