U.S. Marines and sailors landed on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, ultimately capturing it in one of World War II's most significant battles. The fierce fighting resulted in 27 ...

Uncovering the environmental costs of WWII on Iwo Jima, Japan, where elevated heavy metal levels persist in Iwo Jima’s iconic ...

Later Worth became an officer and commanded a team of military dog handlers in the battle of Iwo Jima. He was an eyewitness to the iconic flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi. After the war, Worth ...

The Trace examines a fraternal group that says it's on a mission to help children—but dozens of its local chapters host of ...

Ukrainia’s SBU security services have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that Kirillov was “responsible for the mass use of banned chemical weapons”. As a war criminal he was a ...

“But the Marines took Iwo Jima.” This month, Rosenthal, who died in 2006, is being honored in San Francisco, where he lived for most of his life: Officials have renamed a downtown block of ...

He said in the interview that he “vehemently” disagreed with the decision by the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US-provided weapons.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Joe Rosenthal, AP war photographer, sits with copies of his famous Iwo Jima picture at the Einsen-Freeman Co ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A photojournalist who captured one of the most enduring images of World War II — the U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima — had a block in ...

On February 14, 1945, Jacklyn Lucas turned 17 years old. All he cared about, however, was getting to Iwo Jima, which he reached on February 19. Despite his need for revenge, he later claimed to be ...