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Forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) returned to Yokosuka this week after wrapping up sea trials ...
Japan's royal family wrapped up a two day visit to Okinawa Thursday, where they paid respects to the victims of a World War ...
The morning of Feb. 19, 1945, dawned eerily quiet as Dale Faughn made his way toward the shores of the remote Japanese island of Iwo Jima. But in an instant, the 20-millimeter dual purpose guns ...
The U.S. had used combat artists to capture the action in World War I, and early in World War II, the military determined ...
It was defended by 22,500 Japanese soldiers hidden in an underground network of bunkers stretching from shore to shore. To his last days, Tunnyhill could not forget his first day on Iwo Jima ...
As World War II neared its end, the USS Missouri played a pivotal role in US Navy history. The battleship supported the US invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and relentlessly bombarded Japan as atomic ...
The battle of Iwo Jima began the morning of Feb. 19 and continued ... Also in attendance to commemorate the battle was the Japanese embassy’s Defense and Naval Attache Rear Adm.
In October 1945, towns and cities across the United States celebrated ‘A Tribute to Victory Day’ in celebration of the United ...
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the ... which participated in the battle for Iwo Jima in February and March 1945. He lived in Omaha with his daughter and son-in-law, Barbara ...
The USS Tripoli, a powerful amphibious assault ship capable of F-35B operations, is deploying to Japan, reinforcing US ...
Dyce started and ended the battle to take the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, a pivotal fight that pushed up the end of the war. Dyce’s grandson, Joey Zahn, noted that the Marines were called ...
The first shots of the Cold War were fired in Korea. Americans heard the term “domino theory” for the first time. If Korea ...