It was site of the only land battle fought on U.S. soil during World War II. And in proportional terms, it was one of the ...

A local high schooler just returned from the trip of a lifetime. Abby Smith, from Fort Mitchell, was one of a select few to escort World War II veterans at the Battle of Iwo Jima's 80th anniversary.

A member of America’s “Greatest Generation” was honored in Cortlandt Manor with a milestone celebration on Sunday and a powerful message of service. Nils Mockler, a veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima, ...

In their honor, both Family Movie Classics (FMC) and Family Entertainment Television (FETV) are running monthlong movie blocks of wartime classics under the banner “Salute to Service.” ...

A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tennessee, has passed in the U.S. House of Representatives that will rename the Columbia Post Office after Medal of Honor recipient John Harlan Willis.

There are only two kinds of days in late March. Either you get a ridiculously balmy afternoon like Thursday’s Phillies home opener, which sends your mind whistling past the graveyard of climate change ...

Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, during which 5,931 Marines were killed — twice as many as all the Marines who died during World War I — including Medal of Honor recipient ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called for the Marines to seize Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub, which lies about 20 miles off the coast of the mainland, declaring on Fox News: “We did Iwo Jima, ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the U.S. Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the history ...

BRISTOL, Conn. — One of the nation’s last living survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima is still standing tall more than eight decades later. At 101 years old, Joe Caminiti of Bristol still remembers the ...