With rakes and shovels in hand, students were hard at work in the area around the Iwo Jima monument. “We’re going to take out all the leaves out of the stones, clean up the leaves, make it ...

JAMES CITY — Months after its founder’s death, the completion of the planned Iwo Jima Memorial Park in James City County — now known as Veteran’s Monument Park — appears to be stalled.

Every man that’s been in combat knows that sometimes funny things happen.” The Battle of Iwo Jima, which began Feb. 19,... Here’s What You Need To Remember: “There’s humor in combat.

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.

On Nov. 10, 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, ...

Seventy-five years after Kunizo Iwai fell in the Battle of Iwo Jima, his son, Kentaro, wants to finally bring his father home. Kunizo Iwai is one of the more than 10,000 Imperial Japanese Army ...