Jared Frederick stands at a memorial on top of Mt. Suribachi. He teaches history at Penn State Altoona and is the host of the new documentary “I Hiked Iwo Jima: A Virtual World War II Battlefield Tour ...

FARGO – The Fargo Air Museum, 1609 19th Ave. N., will host a screening of the documentary "Iwo Jima: Combat to Comrades" at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2. The film features 92-year-old former Army Air ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S.

Produced in 1945 by Jam Handy, "The Naval Gun At Iwo Jima" is a sister film to "The Naval Gun at Okinawa". This film details the important role Navy guns played in assaulting Japanese forces that were ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the history of ...

U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of the deadliest of World War II, would rage on for a month. In Photos U.S.

Staff Sgt. Alvin Joesphy Jr.'s voice from Iwo Jima is insistent, but collected. It rings through time with bell-like clarity. "An American dive bombing attack is taking place just ahead of us on the ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the United States Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in the ...