In February 1945, U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima expecting a difficult but relatively short fight. Instead, they encountered ...

Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka E. Oforah, a 21-year-old Marine from Florida, was declared deceased on Feb. 10 after falling overboard from the Norfolk-based USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). The incident occurred in the ...

Hundreds of U.S. Marines landed on the remote island of Iwo Jima today to prepare for the 65th anniversary of one of World War II's bloodiest ...

A flag honoring an iconic World War II hero is flying over the West Valley this month. American Legion Post 62 in Peoria is ...

The ceremonies honored the men who used a Native language the U.S. government once sought to repress to help win World War II.

All eastbound and westbound lanes of U.S. 58 near Godwin Boulevard in Suffolk are closed Tuesday morning following a multi-vehicle crash. https://www.wavy.com/traffic ...

They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers diminish with each passing year, eight veterans of the Battle of Iwo Jima ...

Jack Lucas forged his mother’s signature and enlisted in the Marine Corps at only 14. After his real age was discovered, he ...

Veterans from throughout the Upper Peninsula are preparing to depart from Escanaba for Washington, D.C., Wednesday on the ...

Jim Justice reveals how a last-minute conversation with Martin Heinrich broke a partisan logjam to pass the Hershel Woody Williams monument bill.

The legislation honors the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor Recipient and was unanimously approved by Congress.

In this clinician’s experience, the number of combat deployments tracked closely with a veteran’s likelihood of turning to alcohol or drugs.