Elwood Hughes, a 5th Marine Division veteran, recounts his experiences during the Battle of Iwo Jima, offering a personal ...

MIDLOTHIAN, Texas — If you ask John Boswell if he is a hero, he will tell you that he was just a kid from Missouri who did his job and was lucky enough to come home. But on Wednesday, his adopted home ...

GROESBECK, Texas — A Groesbeck teen joined eleven other Young Marines who made the trip to Iwo Jima this spring to honor the 80th anniversary of the WWII battle that took place there. Leighanna Mackey ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of Iwo Jima — the infamous World War II battle against the Japanese Army — approaches on March 26, one of the battle’s veterans is reaching his own milestone. On ...

Philadelphia, Pa -- 99-year-old WWII veteran William "Buck" Myers lives to tell the tale of the Battle of Iwo Jima on its 80th anniversary. "We were undergoing fire at the time," he said, recalling ...

Cavallini was a Marine and served as an infantry platoon commander during the Battle of Iwo Jima, where he was injured and received the Purple Heart at the age of 21.

A local high schooler just returned from the trip of a lifetime. Abby Smith, from Fort Mitchell, was one of a select few to escort World War II veterans at the Battle of Iwo Jima's 80th anniversary.

DANBURY -- Marching in five-by-five formation, the Marines made their way up a hilltop on the barren Japanese island of Iwo Jima. All of a sudden, John yelled, "Spike, behind you!" Emil Samuelson, ...