NEWINGTON/NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WFSB) - The eternal flame at the National Iwo Jima Memorial has gone out for the first time in 31 years after Friday’s storm brought down trees and power lines, damaging ...

For most of the Pacific War, distance protected Japan as much as any fighter squadron. The home islands lay behind hundreds of miles of ocean. Bombers could eventually reach them, but fighters were ...

CANYON — On a cool Saturday morning in Palo Duro Canyon, more than 20 teams of wrestlers, Marines and community members tightened their shoelaces and adjusted flagpoles for a climb meant to echo one ...

U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of the deadliest of World War II, would rage on for a month. In Photos U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Medal of Honor recipient Wilson Watson. (Naval History and Heritage Command) It had been one week since roughly 60,000 service ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Samantha Bresnahan is a supervising producer for CNN and author of the new book, “IN BLOOD, FLOWERS BLOOM: A World War II Story of Valor and Forgiveness Across Generations,” which ...

TRIANGLE, Va. (7News) — Over its 250-year history, the Marine Corps’ most iconic moment arguably occurred in February 1945, with the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima. A photo from that day is now ...

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.

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Follow a veteran of the 4th Marine Division as he returns to Iwo Jima for the final time. We also chronicle a son who has spent decades trying to get details of his father's time on Iwo, with little ...

CU Boulder distinguished professor and Marine veteran Richard Jessor reflects on what the planting of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi Feb. 23, 1945, meant for the country and for him personally ...