Over 80,000 Marines, soldiers, and sailors from our two countries fought at Iwo Jima. More than 26,000 died here. Today, we ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Saturday the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed.

For the 80th Reunion of Honor, seven WWII veterans will return to Iwo Jima and be joined by defense secretaries from the US ...

A handful of retired Marines — all in the late 90s or over 100 — joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Prime ...

In early 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed at least two web pages related to Ira Hayes, a Native American veteran ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

The tiny island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean lies around 1,250 kilometres (780 miles) from Tokyo and was the scene of ...

The island was the scene of 5 weeks of brutal combat between Japanese and US forces in World War II. Read more at ...

One of 27 Marines awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, Justice left a four-generation legacy of service that is still going strong. Now a Marine ...

Deleting data, hiding history and and cutting research will hurt the U.S.

Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six Marines photographed hoisting a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 ... During a 1993 speech at the Marine Corps War Memorial, Marine Corps Commandant ...