A teenager who lives in Fremont was among twelve Young Marines who traveled to Iwo Jima, Japan to honor the 80th anniversary ...

In mid-March 2025, a claim circulated online that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) had removed one or more pages mentioning Pfc. Ira Hayes, a member of the Pima Nation who served in the U.S ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Saturday the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — With veterans watching on, a bronze sculpture honoring the World War II battle of Iwo Jima was lifted onto a pedestal in Williamsburg Wednesday morning. The 7,000-pound ...

The deletion of the Iwo Jima flag-raising page — which was believed to have occurred because the webpage and photo emphasized the contributions of Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian, in the Pacific ...

The 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima is best known for the photo by The Associated Press’ Joe Rosenthal showing six Marines raising the U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi 80 years ago. About 70,000 American ...

In this photo provided by the Iwo Jima Association of America, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth greets veterans including Charles Cram, Hegseth is shaking hands with, a former Marine ...

Rating: In early 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed at least two web pages related to Ira Hayes, a Native American veteran best known for appearing in a photograph of six men raising a flag ...

Charles Cram spent his first night on Iwo Jima alone in a foxhole, unsure of the time or what lay ahead. “I didn’t know what time it was. It was dark, and I didn’t know anything about it ...

Hegseth landed on Iwo Jima, now known as Iwoto, the island where Japanese and American soldiers faced off in one of the war’s fiercest battles. He joined several American veterans who survived ...