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

Boswell was being honored, not just for being a veteran nearing his 101st birthday, but for being one of the few remaining American survivors of the infamous Battle of Iwo Jima. "There are a lot ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- 99-year-old WWII veteran William "Buck" Myers lives to tell the tale of the Battle of Iwo Jima on its 80th anniversary. "We were undergoing fire at the time ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he will visit Ioto, widely known as Iwo Jima, on Saturday to attend an event to honor soldiers who died in a fierce battle on the Pacific island 80 ...

Roughly 70,000 U.S. soldiers fought to take Iwo Jima. More than 6,500 were killed. Of the 20,000 or so Japanese defending the island, about 19,000 were killed in combat.