"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 ...

Editor’s Note: Samantha Bresnahan is a supervising producer for CNN and author of the new book, “IN BLOOD, FLOWERS BLOOM: A World War II Story of Valor and Forgiveness Across Generations,” which ...

Marine Sgt. John Stryker (John Wayne) is despised by his own men for his rough attitude and exhausting training regimen. As the war in the Pacific progresses, though, they begin to respect Stryker's ...

On the black volcanic sands of Iwo Jima during World War II, American Marines were pinned down by invisible Japanese defenses ...

Now is the time of year when we recognize our veterans, and many of us think about family members who served their country. Recently, there has been much publicity about Iwo Jima, the key battle of ...

My name is Richard Tuttle and I am a band director at the Ada-Borup West High School. Twenty years ago, I penned a composition titled "The Black Sands of Iwo Jima" to honor the area Marines who served ...

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