Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and ...

"I do hope she has lost her desire to run away from home," her father wrote two days before the first wave of Marines landed at Iwo Jima. A month after the battle ended, he wrote, "You can tell ...

Jack Lummus' professional football career ended the moment a landmine blew off both of his legs at Iwo Jima. Lummus, a Marine Corps first lieutenant who died on March 8, 1945, at the age of 29 ...

The operation was planned to take take 4 days, but after weeks of fighting it would be the following month when Iwo Jima was declared secure and firmly in the hands of the U.S. Marines.

TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal ...

The tiny island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean lies around 1,250km from Tokyo and was the scene of five weeks of brutal combat between Japanese and US forces in World War II. “I’d like to ...

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TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal ...

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 ...

Hegseth Vows to Strengthen Alliance With Japan as He Joins Iwo Jima Memorial Service TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and ...