U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of ...

“The island had been under severe bombardment from U.S. aircraft and our Navy ships offshore,” says Jessor. “Both types of bombardment had been going on for quite some time, and the sense was that Iwo ...

Originally told to go ashore to discover more about the island’s terrain, as no American had ever set foot on Iwo Jima, enemy fire kept them from getting any closer than 100 yards before being ...