“The most beautiful scene in all the blue Pacific today is an American Flag whipping the breeze on the top of the Suribachi volcano.” — From the Feb. 24, 1945, Evening Sun Seventy-five years ago this ...
Former enemies turned allies returned to the volcanic sands of Iwo Jima on Saturday to pay tribute to those who lost their lives during the bloody 36-day fight 78 years ago. Approximately 220 visitors ...
Barely eight square miles in size, Iwo Jima was a desolate volcanic island — a seemingly inconsequential speck in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean — that, beginning 75 years ago on Feb. 19, 1945, ...
Peter MacDonald Sr. is one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. On the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, he explains what made the ...
Pam Brown doesn't remember much about her dad. A sailor in the Pacific during World War II, he missed her birthdays and Christmas. And she missed him. She recalls running away at 4 years old and ...
Two dozen World War II-era ships in the water just off the island’s black-sand beaches were photographed from above and reported Oct. 18 by the All-Nippon News Network. Although the ships have ...
CAMP PENDLETONCAMP PENDLETON — Marines and sailors gathered at Camp Pendleton on Saturday to remember the historic Battle of Iwo Jima that took place on a rocky island in the Pacific Ocean almost 75 ...
With Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood created his best war film by taking a look at the Japanese side of World War II.
coming up just as soon as I make a table appear out of thin air... After three harrowing episodes focusing on Sledge's time on Peleliu, "The Pacific" takes a sharp right turn, leaving Sledge and Snafu ...
Barely eight square miles in size, Iwo Jima was a desolate volcanic island – a seemingly inconsequential speck in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean – that, beginning 75 years ago on Feb. 19, 1945, ...