Seventy-five years after Kunizo Iwai fell in the Battle of Iwo Jima, his son, Kentaro, wants to finally bring his father home. Kunizo Iwai is one of the more than 10,000 Imperial Japanese Army ...

Corporal Don Graves was in a fox hole on Iwo Jima, close to Japanese lines, when he heard a Japanese soldier inviting him over. By Paul Szoldra Updated on Feb 23, 2021 The Battle of Iwo Jima ...

Planes damaged over Japan by fighter planes or anti-aircraft fire might not be able to complete the 1,500-mile return trip to the Marianas. They needed a safe haven. Iwo Jima, halfway between ...

Despite the success of the Stinger at Iwo Jima, the story stops here. Six months after American forces raised the flag on Mount Suribachi, Emperor Hirohito officially announced that Japan would ...

A memorial service was held for Japanese soldiers who perished in ferocious fighting while defending the Pacific island ...

Japanese strategists predicted correctly that Americans would assault the islands of Iwo Jima and then Okinawa, where the Japanese hoped fierce resistance would force a negotiated peace.

Due to erosion, it is expected to disappear soon, according to Setsuya Nakada, the director of the Japanese government's ...

One of the troops photographed raising the US flag on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima in 1945 was misidentified ... Press after a fierce battle for the Japanese-held island. Historians used ...

Normally, smelling diesel fuel during an Airbnb stay would be cause for concern and possibly evacuation. One of the few ...

An SFMTA worker installs the Joe Rosenthal Way street sign to honor Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima ...

As the Americans approach, the Japanese defenders dig deep into the volcanic earth of Iwo Jima. Some want to be heroes, others just want to see their wives. Skip to main content ...

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the ... and commanded a team of military dog handlers in the battle of Iwo Jima. He was an eyewitness to the iconic flag-raising on Mt.