GLOVERSVILLE — Feb. 20, 1945 was the second day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, a five-week U.S. invasion of the island during World War II. Ambrose “Cowboy” Anderson of Gloversville, who died late last ...

Pvt. George Coe Browning is finally coming home. Nearly 80 years after the Marine went missing in action missing during the bloody invasion of Iwo Jima, the former Bergen County resident will be laid ...

Eighty years ago this week, U.S. Marine assault boats headed for a desolate pimple of an island, 8 square miles of sand, clay, dust, humpbacked hills, razor-sharp kuna grass, and reeking sulphur, ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Marines and their families came together at the State House on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the historic Battle of Iwo Jima. This World War II battle lasted 36 days ...

A 103-year-old Navy veteran in Rock Island was there when one of the most iconic World War II photos was taken. "I saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima," Henry Diedrich recalled of that February morning in ...

Shocky Strand spent last Saturday at the Moorhead Sports Center rooting on his grandson, who plays for the Spuds hockey team. Sixty-two years earlier, Shocky spent late February gathering wounded ...

Many recognize the Joe Rosenthal photo that captured the moment when five Marines and one Navy Corpsman raised the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the battle for Iwo Jima. Few remember the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The invasion of Iwo Jima was a challenge of mountainous proportions - in the shape of Mount Suribachi. It was a strategic stronghold that the ...

Editor's Note: This is the second installment of excerpts from the diary of Anthony Sirco, a gunner on the USS Arkansas during World War II. The first article appeared in the June 2, 2024, issue of ...

With Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood created his best war film by taking a look at the Japanese side of World War II.

(Tribune News Service) — Pvt. George Coe Browning is finally coming home. Nearly 80 years after the Marine went missing in action missing during the bloody invasion of Iwo Jima, the former Bergen ...