Eddie Vincek landed on Iwo Jima about an hour after the first wave of Marines hit the beach. A member of 1st ... 5th Marine Division for the Iwo Jima landing. In fierce fighting, the 28th Regiment ...

Michener had warm praise Tuesday for the six Japanese seamen who rescued him and 11 Air Force men from a life raft last Friday after their C-47 aircraft ditched at sea two miles off Iwo Jima.

About 10,000 sailors served aboard the gunboats during World War II, including the late Bill Mason, who was instrumental in ...

If you do the math, Jack Thurman was just a teenager when he witnessed — and took part in — a truly historic moment nearly 80 ...

SAN ANTONIO — Nearly eight decades after U.S. Marines raised the flag at Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, five of them reunited at San Antonio's Menger Hotel to reconnect ...

Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Bristol Mayor Jeffrey Caggiano. Caminiti is Connecticut’s last Iwo Jima survivor. Watch the full video in the player above.

Later Worth became an officer and commanded a team of military dog handlers in the battle of Iwo Jima. He was an eyewitness to the iconic flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi. After the war, Worth ...

J ack 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 ...

In a statement on his Facebook page, the monarch said unlike many other towns where kings were elevated from the title of Baale to Oba, Iwo has never had a Baale. The statement read ...

The Oluwo of Iwo land, Adewale Akanbi (Telu 1), has notified Nigerians of his preference for being addressed as ‘His Imperial Majesty.’ Imperial Majesty is a title used to denote a person of ...