During World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima exposed a brutal problem for U.S. Marines: Japanese bunkers, tunnels, and interlocking fire turned the black sand beaches into a killing zone, and standard ...
The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought for more than a month in a rocky 8 square mile area lined with underground tunnels that sheltered and supplied the Japanese. Here's a look at some of the most ...
Clint Eastwood's film, Flags of Our Fathers, dramatizes the battle for the island of Iwo Jima in World War II. American soldiers throw grenades and shoot flames into the openings of tunnels dug into ...
"Letters From Iwo Jima" is a necessary movie; too bad it's not a great movie. The first major film made by an American -- Clint Eastwood -- to tell the story of the war in the Pacific from the ...
DUMFRIES, Va. — A 100 year-old World War II veteran and Marine tank driver reunited with the tank that once carried him through the Battle of Iwo Jima, rekindling his memory of one of the fiercest ...