After Iwo Jima fell, American P-51 Mustangs could do what once seemed impossible: fly hundreds of miles over open ocean, ...

Lt. Col. Joshua Chambers never knew his great-grandfather but grew up with family bedtime stories about Col. Justice Chambers and the troops he led in 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines. One of 27 Marines ...

Today, our Nation commemorates the 81st anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima—a monumental struggle that advanced the cause of victory in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War. Under a clear ...

Sixty-five years ago a force of 70,000 U.S. Marines fought and won a pitched battle against Japanese forces on the island of Iwo Jima, a rocky and uninhabited stretch of earth 750 miles to the south ...

All his life, Rene Gagnon has told his children and grandchildren about their proud family heritage: His father and namesake, Rene Gagnon Sr., was one of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo ...

One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.

This General Sherman tank was wrecked by a land mine and hit five times by Japanese artillery fire on Iwo Jima, but its Fourth Marine Division crew escaped without ...

The Japanese defending Iwo Jima on D-day displayed superb tactical discipline. As Lieutenant Colonel Justus M. ‘Jumpin’ Joe’ Chambers led his 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, across the first terrace on ...

About 6,800 Americans died and 26,000 were wounded or missing at Iwo Jima, which was one of the most brutal battles in military history. No historical account of World War II would be complete without ...

Robert Patrick shares the story of veteran Donald Graves on the 2025 National Memorial Day Concert. Robert Patrick shares the story of U.S. Marine Corps veteran Don Graves, a flamethrower who stormed ...

Note: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect name for Lawrence Waltrip’s company, Signature Mulch. JAMES CITY — Months after its founder’s death, the completion of the planned Iwo Jima ...