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.

Explore the brutal realities of the Battle of Iwo Jima—one of the bloodiest and most iconic battles in Marine Corps history.

Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for desperate, deadly ...

Wednesday marked the 25th and final time Marine Corps veterans, Gold Star families and state lawmakers will gather in the State House to mark the anniversary of the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima ...

A celebration was held in honor of the 80 year anniversary of the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima at the Legacy of Liberty WWII Memorial Park at the Shangri-La Resort in Afton on Sunday.

Daniel Penny was honored Wednesday by the Marine Corps League at an Iwo Jima Day in Boston — where the former Devil Dog received the prestigious Semper Fidelis achievement award. Penny — who was ...

It was one of the deadliest battles in the Marine Corps history,” said Major General David Bice (USMC Ret.), who is now President of the Iwo Jima Association of America, Inc. Frank Wright ...