On Veterans Day, dozens of people came together to honor veterans at the National Iwo Jima Memorial in Newington. It was a tradition that began almost 30 years ago, thanks to a man named Dr. George ...

At age 98, Peter Senick of New Haven is among Connecticut's younger World War II veterans, a diminishing cohort in the state ...

Wausau, Wis.? For nearly six decades, World War II veteran Jerry Ziehme spoke proudly of his role as a corpsman on Iwo Jima — a moment he says was captured in a photograph taken by Pulitzer ...

A Stinger machine gun in WWII Which is precisely how a few United States Marines designed and built the “Stinger” light machine gun (LMG) during the lead-up to the invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945.

“I had just flown the very last combat mission of World War II,” said Abramson. At the age of 18 Abramson was serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Iwo Jima ... and I trace IWA on the cockpit ...

DeWitt's illustrated slide presentation highlighted the battle's significance in winning the Pacific war and honored the 100 ...

Here are the best World War II movies to educate and entertain you. Long before he was dueling Darth Vader in Star Wars, Sir Alec Guinness starred in this tour de force WWII film as Colonel ...

There’s no excuse for skipping the gym when America’s veterans are still getting after it. David Scott, a 95-year-old World War II veteran from Dover, New Hampshire, still works out at his ...

What characteristics define the best World War II movies? Is it the intensity and ... "Letters from Iwo Jima" is the Japanese-language companion film to Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Our Fathers ...

From Stalingrad to the dropping of the atomic bomb, see key moments that shaped the outcome of WWII. Why it’s important to hear stories from WWII’s last living survivors Why it’s important ...

Marine John Kinsel Sr., one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers who transmitted messages during World War II, has died. He was remembered Wednesday in a procession of more than 120 vehicles ...