Stories Behind the Stars remembers Ralph Ambrose Landis, a Chambersburg Marine killed in action on Iwo Jima in 1945 during World War II.

One of the nation’s last living survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima is still standing tall more than eight decades later. At ...

Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most elaborate defense systems in the Pacific, which would lead to one of the costliest ...

China's Missile Reach Forces Japan Back To Iwo Jima. Japan is considering a significant expansion of its military presence on ...

WWII veteran Chuck Tatum recounts his experiences landing on Iwo Jima and fighting alongside Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone. A firsthand look at history.

Sgt. Ross F. Gray carried a satchel charge though a minefield while under heavy Japanese fire. What followed became one of the most extraordinary individual actions of the Pacific War, earning Gray ...

PFC Theodore “Ted” Below recounts landing in the first wave on Iwo Jima. Hear how his .38 revolver played a crucial role in ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...

A missing Marine based out of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina has been declared dead after falling from the deck of the Norfolk-based USS Iwo Jima, according to U.S. Marine Corps officials. Lance Cpl.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Among the aircraft that could be employed in airstrikes against ...

The end of the tunnel is now in sight for the amphibious assault ships to transition to F-35B operations as the final AV-8B ...