Eddie Vincek landed on Iwo Jima about an hour after the first wave of Marines hit the beach. A member of 1st Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, it was his first taste of combat, he told an ...

I was a Marine Corps officer, and our platoon was embarked on the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious ship, for a routine deployment in the Mediterranean. My unit, the First Battalion of the Eighth Marine ...

During the Second World War, USS Missouri was assigned to the Pacific Theatre, where she participated in the Battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima, as well as shelling the Japanese home islands.

A team of investigators says they have found the wreck of the USS Stewart, a U.S. Navy destroyer that served under both American and Japanese flags during World War II before it was deliberately ...

Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Bristol Mayor Jeffrey Caggiano. Caminiti is Connecticut’s last Iwo Jima survivor. Watch the full video in the player above.

J ack Thurman, a veteran of World War II who landed on the beaches of Iwo Jima in 1945, turned 99 years old Friday, an occasion marked by distinguished guests including Larimer County Commissioner ...

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right – released on Before the Flood It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – released on Before the Flood ...

In a statement on his Facebook page, the monarch said unlike many other towns where kings were elevated from the title of Baale to Oba, Iwo has never had a Baale. The statement read ...

The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and its 6,500 sailors will deploy early next week, according to an announcement from the Navy. The Truman and Carrier Air Wing 1 will head to the Red ...

Once in command, Maryk takes the USS Caine back to San Francisco ... American flag over Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. There were two flags raised on Mount Suribachi that day ...

The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has called on the general public and Iwo sons and daughters to officially address him as His Imperial Majesty and not His Royal Majesty.

Dylan's 40-show 1974 tour with The Band produced a live double-album later that year. Now, the music available from that tour has increased dramatically with the release of a new 27-CD set.