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Ongoing construction delays at a Japanese air base meant to host U.S. Navy carrier landing practice have stalled parts of the ...

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 ...

“Capturing Iwo Jima had immediate consequences for the approach to Japan,” Jessor says. “What was happening was that our bombers were leaving from Saipan or Tinian, and some of those bombers would get ...

About 70,000 American troops fought at Iwo Jima from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, as the U.S. tried to take control of a key strategic point to advance to mainland Japan. Nearly 7,000 Marines and ...

By Jan. 4, 1945, the last units of the Fifth Marine Division sailed from Hawaii. Their destination was Iwo Jima, 750 miles from mainland Japan, an island defended by Japanese infantry soldiers ready ...

Following a 23-year U.S. occupation, Iwo Jima was returned to Japan in 1968 as part of the Ogasawara island group, but is now home to only 380 service members of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force.