Jack Lummus' heroism dwarfed anything he did for the Giants in his short time with the franchise, but they never forgot his ...

A Stinger machine gun in WWII Which is precisely how a few United States Marines designed and built the “Stinger” light machine gun (LMG) during the lead-up to the invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945.

They, of course, were the Japanese, who Nesbella recalled were prepared for the invasion of what was considered ... including pictures taken on Iwo Jima after the monthlong battle as well as ...

The story of the park is a complicated affair and has grown into a situation where it seems to languish without a foreseeable ...

Pfc. Duane Tunnyhill of Omaha was ready to die with his fellow Marines at Iwo Jima. He survived and lived another 80 years to become the last man ...

A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died on the way ...

Sands of Iwo Jima This is a vast saga [by Harry Brown] of a marine platoon whose history is traced from its early combat training through its storming of Iwo Jima's beaches to the historic flag ...

The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in April to pay respects to soldiers killed in World War II, people familiar ...

Japanese strategists predicted correctly that Americans would assault the islands of Iwo Jima and then Okinawa ... The Japanese also prepared for an invasion of Japan from Okinawa.

He was killed in action during the February 1945 invasion of Iwo Jima and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. Basilone is the only enlisted Marine to be honored with both the Navy Cross and ...

Charles Sehe, who served on the ship during Pearl Harbor, the D-Day invasion at Normandy, France and the 1945 invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, lived in Mankato, Minnesota. His death was ...

Heritage Distilling (CASK) Company unveiled its latest tribute in the Salute Series: the “Battle of Iwo Jima: 80th Anniversary Edition” in partnership with the Marine Raider Foundation.