U.S. Navy pilots are preparing for the USS George Washington’s inaugural patrol from its new homeport in Japan, conducting ...

After the overhaul, the USS George Washington resumed forward deployment in Japan. Conducting flight drills on Iwo Jima ...

Naval aviators kicked off carrier-landing practice on Iwo Jima as the USS George Washington prepares for its first deployment ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat ...

Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone’s extraordinary heroism in World War II, from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima, stands as a powerful ...

Jimmy Twedt of Roland was just 17 when he signed up to fight in WWII. He is one of the fallen who will be remembered on ...

The number of people laid to rest at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery now totals 371,008, including some who died after ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima took place from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945. After taking possession of the island the United States used it as an aircraft landing and refueling base. According to the Navy ...

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is now sailing in the Malacca Strait meanwhile, fixed-wing aircraft squadrons of Carrier Air ...

Veteran Robert Clemons was a Marine who spent time on both Guam and Iwo Jima during World War II. Clemons’ trip on Saturday will be his first time back to the small Japanese island. The former ...

"One, who never came home, (Jimmy Twedt), was fatally wounded on Iwo Jima during the invasion of the island.” Roland native Larry Ritland, now of Cedar Rapids, knew that Twedt was killed in Iwo ...