The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $255.9 million contract for FY26 maintenance, modernization and repair work on USS ...

One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.

The morning of Feb. 19, 1945, dawned eerily quiet as Dale Faughn made his way toward the shores of the remote Japanese island of Iwo Jima. But in an instant, the 20-millimeter dual purpose guns buried ...

FAIRHAVEN, Mass., Nov. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Published just in time for the 75th Anniversary of IWO JIMA, this book by Rodney Hilton Brown - with FOREWORD by General Michael W. Hagee, USMC, 33rd ...

Richard Jessor, CU Boulder distinguished professor of behavioral science and co-founder of IBS, records an oral history with the National World War II Museum and will return to the island in March, on ...

Jared Frederick stands at the base of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Frederick produced “I Hiked Iwo Jima: A Virtual WWII Battlefield Tour,” a documentary on YouTube during a visit to Iwo Jima alongside ...

Sunday marks 80 years since six Marines, including a Kentuckian, raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. A photojournalist remember meeting the photographer who captured that iconic image. Kentucky ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Sunday marks 80 years since U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi and hoisted the American flag at Iwo Jima. The move was a symbol of hope and freedom during a tough battle and a long ...

TOKYO -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War ...