Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

The map locates the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, in the Pacific Ocean, ... Its bluffs and beaches became a vast cemetery, volcanic ash and black sand burying the dead. Image.

To honor the five-week Iwo Jima campaign, the Victory Sands models of the Iwo Jima A-11 depict a map of the island with the progress of the Marine Divisions from February into March 1945.

The Battle of Iwo Jima raged on from Feb. 19, 1945, to March 16, 1945, leaving thousands dead and even more wounded. Yet one photo gave, and continues to give, Americans hope. Look back at the batt… ...

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Philippine Sea. JSDF Photo. The People’s Liberation Army Navy Liaoning Carrier Strike Group is operating southeast of Iwo Jima for the first time in one ...

Sands of Iwo Jima This is a vast saga [by Harry Brown] of a marine platoon whose history is traced from its early combat training through its storming of Iwo Jima's beaches to the historic flag ...

The only thing World War II Navy veteran Thomas Ramm has left from his time on Iwo Jima is a tattered map of the remote Pacific island. That, and a whole lot of sobering memories. FOX31's Jeremy ...

"All I can remember there is digging a foxhole," Lauttenbach said of his experience during the battle of Iwo Jima, which would last five weeks and end with more than 7,000 U.S. causalities.

Jack Thurman, a veteran of World War II who landed on the beaches of Iwo Jima in 1945, turned 99 years old Friday, an occasion marked by distinguished guests including Larimer County Commissioner ...