Hayes and the other surviving flag raisers were mobilized by the U.S. government to enhance national prestige. For getting ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — With veterans watching on, a bronze sculpture honoring the World War II battle of Iwo Jima was lifted ...

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

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while ...

It was 80 years ago today when the Allies won the Battle of Iwo Jima after a month of intense fighting with the Japanese. Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in ...

"Johnny Cash wrote the song, 'The Ballad of Ira Hayes,' with these words included about his life after his service and what it had done to him: 'When war came, ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised the strong friendship between U.S. and Japan at the 80th anniversary of Battle ...

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 ...