Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

A birthday party for a 104-year-old St. Paul native with a Hawaiian theme is perfectly appropriate the more you get to know ...

Flags of Our Fathers joins the Paramount+ streaming library on Apr. 1.Based on the namesake novel, the 2006 film tells the ...

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

VCG. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday “praised American-Japanese friendship and trust” while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima t ...

Over 80,000 Marines, soldiers, and sailors from our two countries fought at Iwo Jima. More than 26,000 died here. Today, we ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Saturday the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed.

The island was the scene of 5 weeks of brutal combat between Japanese and US forces in World War II. Read more at ...

The tiny island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean lies around 1,250 kilometres (780 miles) from Tokyo and was the scene of ...