Jack Lummus' heroism dwarfed anything he did for the Giants in his short time with the franchise, but they never forgot his ...

A Stinger machine gun in WWII Which is precisely how a few United States Marines designed and built the “Stinger” light machine gun (LMG) during the lead-up to the invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945.

Corporal Don Graves was in a fox hole on Iwo Jima, close to Japanese lines, when he heard a Japanese soldier inviting him over. By Paul Szoldra Updated on Feb 23, 2021 The Battle of Iwo Jima ...

One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.

Just over four miles long and two miles wide, Iwo Jima is a speck on the map. But in early 1945 this tiny volcanic island was the scene of some of the most savage fighting of the Second World War. By ...

JAMES CITY — Months after its founder’s death, the completion of the planned Iwo Jima Memorial Park in James City County — now known as Veteran’s Monument Park — appears to be stalled.

Pfc. Duane Tunnyhill of Omaha was ready to die with his fellow Marines at Iwo Jima. He survived and lived another 80 years to become the last man ...

Seventy-five years after Kunizo Iwai fell in the Battle of Iwo Jima, his son, Kentaro, wants to finally bring his father home. Kunizo Iwai is one of the more than 10,000 Imperial Japanese Army ...

John Wayne earned a 1949 Best Actor Academy Award nomination for one of his most iconic roles, as the battle-hardened leader of a squad of recruits, in Allan Dwan's SANDS OF IWO JIMA. Haunted by ...