Aging veterans return to Iwo Jima -- perhaps for the last time -- to commemorate the 65th anniversary of one of the costliest American victories of World War II. Feb. 7: Branches weighted with snow ...
For Virgil Peters, memories of World War 2 are vibrantly alive – not only in his mind, but also on the walls of his workshop. Photographs hang side by side, a big change from just a few years ago. “I ...
During the 1982 Falklands War (Malvinas for the Argentine people) the U.S. publicly claimed neutrality. But in secret, President Ronald Reagan’s administration had developed plans to loan a ship to ...
"Flag raising on Iwo Jima," Feb. 23, 1945. (Joe Rosenthal/Associated Press, now in the National Archives) After having to shut down for several months because of the COVID-19 crisis, the National ...
USS IWO JIMA, At Sea (NNS) -- The crew of amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) marked the 11th anniversary of the ship's commissioning with a celebratory meal and cake-cutting, June 30. Since ...
The concrete of the strongpoint is crumbling and the metal bars designed to reinforce it are exposed, rusty and twisted. A protective roof has been ripped away and the pockmarks of low-calibre shells ...
Avoiding unexploded grenades and hacking their way through cactus under a blazing sun, an American search team has located two caves where they believe a Marine who filmed the iconic flag-raising on ...
In April 1945, LIFE magazine published one of the most memorable cover images of its four-decade run as a major photographic weekly. The picture, made in March 1945 on the island of Iwo Jima by W.
A Marine who was present for the Battle of Iwo Jima's history-making flag-raising has died days before the battle's 76th anniversary. Elwood "Woody" Hughes died Feb. 2 at age 95, the Daily Herald ...
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