With very few living members of the greatest generation left to call upon, veterans in Boston were prepared to turn to surviving family to commemorate the Battle of Iwo Jima one last time, only to be ...

Follow a veteran of the 4th Marine Division as he returns to Iwo Jima for the final time. We also chronicle a son who has spent decades trying to get details of his father's time on Iwo, with little ...

On the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Corporal Tony Stein carried a weapon that was never meant for infantry combat: a modified AN/M2 aircraft machine gun nicknamed the Stinger. The weapon ...

Sgt. Ross F. Gray charged through a minefield under Japanese fire in a heroic Pacific War action that earned him the Medal of ...

FEB. 19, 1945 -- UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Guam, (Monday) -- (AP) -- Iwo Jima's coastal defense were further shattered Sunday in the third straight day of bombardment of the ...