His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...

But if one had to nominate a particular group of WWII American fighting men for the title of “Greatest of the Greatest Generation,” then the troops who fought at Iwo Jima certainly have to be ...

Meanwhile, as the Marines advanced, they sometimes came across the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers ... After 36 days, the Marines secured Iwo Jima. A short time later, U.S. aircraft were able to use ...

William "Buck" Myers reunited with a fellow veteran in 2005 and continues to keep his memory alive on the 80th anniversary of ...

Editor’s note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima. In February 2020, Military Times interviewed Marine Corps veteran and Iwo Jima survivor Don Harris.

In Photos U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Division planted an American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945.Credit...Joe Rosenthal/Associated Press Supported by By ...

He was initially buried on Iwo Jima, but his body was moved to Roseland Cemetery in Monticello. As part of the ceremony, attendees listened to a recording of Thomas’ CBS radio interview with Don ...

With very few living members of the greatest generation left to call upon, veterans in Boston were prepared to turn to surviving family to commemorate the Battle of Iwo Jima one last time ...

"The 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima is a solemn yet important reminder of the sacrifice of the Greatest Generation," said Boozman. "The resilience and courage of our U.S. Marines was ...

Monticello native Earnest "Boots" Thomas, sitting in the foreground holding a rifle, was part of the first unit photographed raising a flag after the battle of Iwo Jima. Thomas was killed eight ...