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 ...
In February 1945, U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima expecting a difficult but relatively short fight. Instead, they encountered ...
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 ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — For the first time since 1995, the National Iwo Jima Memorial’s eternal flame is out in the Newington and New Britain area following Friday’s storm, according to the ...
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 ...
Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima returned to Naval Station Norfolk from a 10-month deployment. NORFOLK — Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima returned Saturday to Naval Station ...
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 ...