a former Giant who served in the Marine Corps and was killed during World War II in the Battle of Iwo Jima. (Bill Kostroun/AP Photo) News of Lummus' death hit the Giants hard. "Jack was a real ...

Charles Cram, a Navy corpsman who landed with the 5th Marine Divison on Iwo Jima, was there in person with his granddaughter, Holly Cram, 42. It was the first time Charles Cram, who turned 99 two ...

About 27,000 men were killed, including 20,000 Japanese ... Lee's ship was anchored about 300 yards off Iwo Jima, the day Marines had secured one of the three airstrips for the first B-29 bomber ...

Iwo Jima was one of the toughest campaigns for the United States Marine Corps. From Feb. 19-March 26, 1945, some 6,821 men ...

Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the Hollywood actor felt he was too old to play Sgt John M Stryker, and at one ...

Roughly 7,000 Marines were killed and another 20,000 wounded in the fighting. Nearly 18,000 Japanese troops were killed. Five years ago, about 230 U.S. veterans of Iwo Jima were still alive ...

Marines raise the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945 ... captured the same moment on video. Genaust was killed March 4, 1945, by Japanese fire while clearing a tunnel,” DoD ...

An artwork saluting both the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps and the 80th anniversary of the flag-raising on Iwo ...

Hegseth landed on Iwo Jima, now known as Iwoto ... point to advance to mainland Japan. Nearly 7,000 Marines and about 20,000 Japanese were killed. More than half of the remains of the Japanese ...

Oregon Congresswoman Maxine Dexter is in El Salvador to call for the return of a man from Maryland who was deported out of the country. A student athlete and a coach died when a bus carrying the ...

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...