In addition to Pearl Harbor, Drake served in the Battle of Saipan from June 15 to July 9 ... Medal with two battle stars, the American Defense Medal with Foreign Service bar, and the World ...

On the battle ... time. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected there Saturday as part of his first Indo-Pacific tour, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed Monday by email. Japanese ...

Following his visit to the Philippines, the Secretary of Defense will head to Iwo Jima. He will attend an 80th anniversary commemoration ceremony of the battle there on Saturday with Japan Defense ...

Retired Adm. Harry Harris, a former head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said in a speech this week that the United States ...

He didn’t know he was headed into what would become the most storied battle in Marine Corps history ... All but about 200 of the 21,000 Japanese defenders died, too. Boyd’s own stay on ...

Yet the Japanese were not quite satisfied with ... launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet from a position well within the defensive perimeter. Yamamoto wished to fight the decisive battle which ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has visited Iwo Jima to pay tribute to Japanese and Americans who died on the island in one of World ...

US Secretary of Defense ... "praised American-Japanese friendship and trust" while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War II battle, according ...

Japanese defense ministers and a delegation from the U.S. attended a ceremony to mark 80 years since the battle. Both the Emperor and Empress are also scheduled to visit Okinawa in June ...

The national flags of Japan and the United States are seen in this file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Defense Minister ... of a fierce World War II battle between Japan and the ...

Japan will increase its defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2027 and plans to spend around $70 billion on defense in the current fiscal year, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani ...