Providence native Jarek Marte’s life-changing enlistment led him to serve aboard USS Iwo Jima as a Navy weapons specialist.

The USS Iwo Jima is the flagship of an Amphibious ... Representatives from Battery B, a Civil War militia unit, presented a memorial wreath.

In the fallout, some of the Hayes descendants are stepping up. These relatives were reminded why they keep on sharing his ...

As Emperor Naruhito travels across the country to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II this year, he is expected to explore how best to pass down memories of the conflict and work for ...

UPDATE: VENUE CHANGE*** Retirement ceremony will be at 1200 on July 2nd at the Iwo Jima War Memorial in Cape Coral, Fl. This is about 2 hours south of Tampa. RSW is the closest airport.

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

Iwo Jima (which means “sulfur island” in Japanese) was the site of one of World War II’s most important — and bloody — battles. In 1970, Connor returned to the island alongside his wife ...