Feb. 23, 1945, was Duilio “Dewey” Turilli’s 22nd birthday. On that date, six U.S. Marines planted the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, resulting in perhaps the most iconic photo from ...

A new mass of land was recently formed off the shores of Japan after an explosive underwater volcano activated at the end of October, according to researchers from the University of Tokyo. The ...

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Auto-Ordnance teamed up with Altered Arsenal to create a ...

The new island that emerged after an underwater volcanic eruption off Japan's Iwo Jima seen from space A newborn island that recently emerged from the Pacific Ocean after an underwater volcanic ...

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 ...

TOKYO — Japan has returned to using the prewar name for the island of Iwo Jima — site of one of World War II’s most horrific battles — at the urging of its original inhabitants, who want to reclaim an ...

When U.S. Marines landed on the tiny Japanese island of Iwo Jima in February 1945, some had never heard of it. “Most of us couldn’t figure out why we were attacking that wee little place, and why we ...

CAMP PENDLETONCAMP PENDLETON — Marines and sailors gathered at Camp Pendleton on Saturday to remember the historic Battle of Iwo Jima that took place on a rocky island in the Pacific Ocean almost 75 ...

IWO-TO, Japan — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II's bloodiest battles. Naruhito and his wife, ...

Two dozen World War II-era ships in the water just off the island’s black-sand beaches were photographed from above and reported Oct. 18 by the All-Nippon News Network. Although the ships have ...

“It was not the best backyard to be in,” Veteran recalls time on Iwo Jima Born in Italy, processed in Ellis Island and bound for Rhode Island Announcements and Calendar events for RI veterans Feb. 23, ...