He and thousands more Americans were unloaded on Iwo Jima's black-sand beach, then faced a blistering assault from the entrenched Japanese. It took the Americans 36 days to take the island.

At 19, Willhite drove Lucky — one of only six confirmed Iwo Jima Sherman tanks in existence today — ashore the black sands of Red Beach II on Iwo Jima with the 5th Tank Battalion in 1945.

The beach and a foxhole “When I hit the beach on Iwo, men were dying all around me,” Graves said. “I said ‘God, if you will get me off of this beach, I will serve you the rest of my life ...

The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit depart Thursday from Naval Station Norfolk and Camp Lejeune.

The annual symposium, held this year at the Outrigger Guam Beach Resort, celebrated the 74th anniversary of the commemoration of the landing on Iwo Jima. It will include a memorial service on Iwo ...

The Navy and Marine Corps deployed thousands of sailors and Marines to the southern Caribbean on Friday in support of anti-drug cartel operations. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the 22nd ...

The annual symposium, held this year at the Outrigger Guam Beach Resort, celebrated the 74th anniversary of the commemoration of the landing on Iwo Jima. It will include a memorial service on Iwo ...