One of the nation’s last living survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima is still standing tall more than eight decades later. At 101 years old, Joe Caminiti of Bristol still remembers the volcanic sands ...

Their mission was to capture the island's three airfields, eliminate a Japanese early warning station that was tipping off mainland defenses to incoming B-29 raids, and establish an emergency landing ...

A World War II museum in Connecticut has opened a new exhibit honoring veterans, including those who fought in the Battle of ...

Pinned down and with casualties mounting, Pvt. Wilson Watson took matters into his own hands to savagely take out enemy ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A 100-year-old veteran reunited with “Lucky”—a tank he drove in 1945 during World War II on Friday. The reunion comes on the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender. Marine Corporal ...

Veterans, local government officials, the military academy and others gathered Thursday to celebrate the start of construction on a new museum next to the historic Iwo Jima Monument at the Marine ...

Corpus Christi honors the 81st anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima with a ceremony Saturday at Sherrill Veterans Memorial Park featuring veterans' tributes.

GLOVERSVILLE — Ambrose “Cowboy” Anderson of Gloversville, who served during the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, and was inducted into the New York state Senate Veterans Hall of Fame. He is one ...

JACKSONVILLE, Texas — About 750 miles off the coast of Japan in the Pacific Ocean is the tiny volcanic island of Iwo Jima. At only eight square miles, it is more than five times smaller than Disney ...

On Purplish, our focus is usually on exploring the politics of the moment. But for Veterans Day, we're offering something different -- a chance to experience a defining moment in World War II from one ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — 100 years of life and service to our country deserves a massive celebration, and that's just what happened for Tom Maloney of Toledo on Wednesday. A grand procession doesn't happen for ...