HOMEWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- Memorial Day celebrations and tributes took place around the United States to honor the men and women who served in our Armed Forces. One local Marine has spent years ...

In April 2017, the United States deployed the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast - the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat. Weighing over 21,000 pounds and stretching more than 30 feet long, ...

Nils Mockler, a veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima, marked his 100th birthday surrounded by family, friends and fellow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the nation’s last living survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima is still standing tall more than eight decades later. At 101 ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

On March 3, 1945, Jack Williams, 21, of Harrison was ashore on Iwo Jima, Japan, tending to wounded Marines who were engaged in a fierce battle to dislodge Japanese forces from the island. As a Navy ...

The Library of Congress preserved recordings from Marine Corp combat correspondents at Iwo Jima that included interviews with soldiers, music and... The Battle of Iwo Jima began 80 years ago. Listen ...

It wasn't Verona. It was San Angelo. They weren't the Capulets and Montagues. They were named Falcon and Zuniga. But the two big Mexican American families in San Angelo were rivals, Margaret Atcheson ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. Today in History: ...