He was so young when he joined the military that his parents had to sign a permission slip. And at 98 years old, Al Jennings ...

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 small island of Iwo Jima, a volcanic speck in the Pacific ... covered with coarse black sand and volcanic ash. Steam rose from the porous lava rocks, and the burning sulfur escaping from ...

Angry residents are campaigning to stop officials taking sand from ‘Britain’s best beach’ — and selling it on for profit. Locals say the once tranquil sands of Hayle in Cornwall have seen ...

The only thing Thomas Ramm has left from his time on Iwo Jima is a tattered map of the remote Pacific island. That, and a ...

An often-overlooked aspect: the sand. In coastal areas, real-estate agents ask in granular detail for the grounds their clients foresee for a future getaway: Hard, flat sand for walking and running?

The New Jersey native commanded the 6th Marine War Dog Platoon, which participated in the battle for Iwo Jima in February and March 1945. He lived in Omaha with his daughter and son-in-law ...

On the anniversary of Gee’s death, the USS Iwo Jima, a Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, dedicated its gym to the fallen Marine. “She served aboard the USS Iwo Jima, and she was an avid ...

A Tallahassee home connected to a defining moment for the U.S. Marine Corps and the country's World War II victory at Iwo Jima may face the wrecking ball as part of a plan to bolster security for ...

A similar institution should also be constituted to checkmate and address corruption in the traditional system such as money rituals and cultism” The Oluwo of Iwo painted a grim picture of the ...