NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — This weekend’s storms dealt some damage to a few communities in Connecticut, but nowhere with as much history as the National Iwo Jima Memorial in New Britain. The site ...

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 ...

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More than 80 years after Iwo Jima, two Marines who witnessed one of history’s most iconic moments reunited in our nation’s capital. Don Graves, 101, and William “Billy” Byrd, 100, met as 19-year-olds ...

Former Tulsa broadcaster John Erling reflects on the remarkable story of Oklahoma World War II veteran Rex Calvert, who witnessed the iconic flag raising on Iwo Jima. TULSA, Okla. - As Americans ...

NORFOLK — Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima returned Saturday to Naval Station Norfolk from a 10-month deployment spent mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Originally bound for Europe ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — After 296 days, sailors and marines of the USS Iwo Jima walked back onto Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning. Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group deployed from Naval Station ...

After a deployment that extended twice, Yeoman Chief Petty Officer Dominic Allen stepped off amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima on Saturday and said it felt surreal to finally be home. “I’m ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Iwo Jima returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday after a historic 10-month deployment fighting drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The Wasp-class ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is scheduled to return to Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday following a 10-month deployment, according to information released by the U.S. Navy. The amphibious ...

In this Feb 23, 1945, photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. (Joe Rosenthal/AP) Despite 81 years since the island of Iwo ...

WATERLOO — David Greene almost didn’t live to see his 20th birthday, let alone his 101st. He died April 17. It could have happened 81 years earlier. A artillery shell blast buried him and a fellow ...