The island was the scene of 5 weeks of brutal combat between Japanese and US forces in World War II. Read more at ...

A Groesbeck teenager was among twelve Young Marines from across the country who traveled to Guam and Iwo Jima to honor the ...

Leighanna Mackey and a group of Young Marines planted flags atop Mt. Suribachi in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Battle ...

Yoshiharu Kanai, 80, has been working to collect remains for over 20 years, wishing to return them to mainland Japan swiftly.

Over 80,000 Marines, soldiers, and sailors from our two countries fought at Iwo Jima. More than 26,000 died here. Today, we ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of Iwo Jima — the infamous World War II battle against the Japanese Army — approaches on ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial ...

A handful of retired Marines — all in the late 90s or over 100 — joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Prime ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on March 29 went to the Pacific island of Iwoto, better known to the world as Iwo Jima, to ...

For the 80th Reunion of Honor, seven WWII veterans will return to Iwo Jima and be joined by defense secretaries from the US ...

The famous photo of US marines hoisting the flag after the Battle of Iwo Jima has been erased from the Pentagon website - ...

He will be the first sitting prime minister to visit the island since April 2013, when then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ...