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 ...

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.

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 ...

There will be a cake cutting ceremony on Sunday at the memorial site, located at 1 Iwo Jima Way in New Britain. It will be followed by a Veterans Day service at 9 a.m. Monday. “I would ...

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

to the image of U.S. troops raising the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II. Trump joined the “Six Feet Under” podcast with former professional wrestler Mark Calaway, where Trump was asked if ...

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 ...

If you do the math, that means he was just a teenager when he witnessed — and took part in — a truly historic moment nearly 80 years ago on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima during World War II.

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

New Britain High School students cleaned up a one-of-a-kind memorial. With rakes and shovels in hand, students were hard at work in the area around the Iwo Jima monument. Berlin students learn ...