Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

A war of tomorrow — rather than yesteryear — is coming into focus in the straits between the mainland and Taiwan.

Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

John G. Connolly, the chief pay clerk who died aboard the USS Oklahoma in the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and became ...

I have read and reread them so much I almost know them by heart." His ship reached Iwo Jima on March 2 and was close enough for sailors to watch the battle waging. "There were ships and warships ...

“The island had been under severe bombardment from U.S. aircraft and our Navy ships offshore,” says Jessor. “Both types of bombardment had been going on for quite some time, and the sense was that Iwo ...

The community will gather at Fall River's Bicentennial Park for a Day of Recognition for the End of the Battle of Iwo Jima ...

They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in ...