The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought for more than a month in a rocky 8 square mile area lined with underground tunnels that sheltered and supplied the Japanese. Here's a look at some of the most ...

As American forces pushed toward Iwo Jima in February 1945, escort carriers played a vital role, launching air support, ...

Eighty years after the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, Leighton Willhite traveled to the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in Virginia for a reunion, of sorts, with the ...

U.S. Navy pilots will practice carrier landings at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni due to ongoing volcanic activity on Iwo Jima, the usual field practice site, according to Japan’s Ministry of ...

A memorial plaque to Marines who fought on Iwo Jima recently left Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on its way to the Marine ...

More than 100 runners on 25 six-member teams will climb Palo Duro Canyon on Saturday, Sept. 20 for a three-mile honor run, carrying the U.S. flag up the CCC Trail to salute veterans and service ...

Marine veteran Leighton Willhite, 100, visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in August to see the tank he drove at Iwo Jima for the first time since World War II. Marine ...