The vast number of graves he saw on Iwo Jima remains a lasting memory for Robert Bergen, a former Navy corpsman and one of the few remaining survivors of the battle fought there 80 years ago.

The Battle of Iwo Jima began 80 years ago. ... to our duties, to our obligations," Joesphy said in an October 2000 interview with the magazine Naval History.

Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for desperate ...

In the spring of 1945, The Battle of Iwo Jima raged between the US Marines and Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Army. Tasked with capturing the Japanese island and its accompanying airfields, the ...

He joined the Marines at 16, served as a Raider, and fought at Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal in World War II. Now, he just wants ...

This World War II battle lasted 36 days and resulted in the United States Marines and Navy capturing the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army. 7,000 American soldiers were killed and ...

Marion Noel, 90, a World War II Navy veteran was aboard the landing ship, 779, that supplied the iconic American flag that was raised during the battle of Iwo Jima.

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

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