More than 4,500 sailors and Marines are assigned to the group, which includes the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo ...

The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima is the latest Navy vessel to host an afloat USO center designed to improve shipboard ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima raged from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945. About 27,000 men were killed, including 20,000 Japanese soldiers hiding in tunnels and burrowed in caves and pillboxes on the 8-square ...

Sixty-five years ago a force of 70,000 U.S. Marines fought and won a pitched battle against Japanese forces on the island of Iwo Jima, a rocky and uninhabited stretch of earth 750 miles to the ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima, in which almost 7,000 American service members died trying to capture the island from the imperial Japanese army, is considered a significant US victory in World War II.

The Battle of Iwo Jima lasted five weeks, with the United States capturing the island at its conclusion. About 70,000 Marines fought in the battle, compared to 21,000 Japanese forces.

Following a 23-year U.S. occupation, Iwo Jima was returned to Japan in 1968 as part of the Ogasawara island group, but is now home to only 380 service members of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force.

The 8-square-mile island of Iwo Jima is barely a blip on the world’s map. Yet on this barren hot volcanic island, nearly 50,000 soldiers either lost their lives or were injured in the only ...

Veterans of the battle of Iwo Jimo spoke about their experience in the battle, military life in wartime, and related their perceptions of the fierce nature of warfare on the island. Colonel Dave ...

STOCKTON, Calif. – On the 75th anniversary of the US Marines’ landing on Iwo Jima, 104-year-old William White still has vivid memories of the exploding grenade that nearly ended his solo reco… ...

A controversy has arisen over an attempt by the Air Force to erect a monument near the Iwo Jima Memorial. The Marines object to its placement so close to the statue honoring their World War II ...

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