In addition to the usual celebrations for veterans, the community rededicated its Iwo Jima Memorial, which had been in ...

At age 98, Peter Senick of New Haven is among Connecticut's younger World War II veterans, a diminishing cohort in the state ...

Kunizo Iwai is one of the more than 10,000 Imperial Japanese Army soldiers whose remains wait to be discovered on Iwoto island, also known as Iwo Jima, in Tokyo's Ogasawara. On Jan. 16 ...

It would take the Marines more than a month of yard-by-yard fighting over inhospitable terrain to secure the island. The battle for Iwo Jima was over ... who had gained a new base were grateful.

For nearly six decades, World War II veteran Jerry Ziehme spoke proudly of his role as a corpsman on Iwo Jima — a moment ... about being on that Japanese island mountaintop when one of the ...

The Navy's newest destroyer the USS John Basilone takes its name from the Medal of Honor recipient and hero of the Battle of ...

SAN ANTONIO — Nearly eight decades after U.S. Marines raised the flag at Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, five of them reunited at San Antonio's Menger Hotel to reconnect ...

The veterans street banners are an entry point for learning more about the featured veterans, their service, and their ...

After the war, Silberman resumed his studies and graduated from medical school at 26. Silberman was able to finish his ...

Marine Robert C. Brutinel fought in the bloodiest battles of WWII in the South Pacific, including Guadalcanal, Choiseul and ...