The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War II ...

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Saturday the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed ... in battle during World War II. Japan is Hegseth ...

PHOTOS: Hegseth joins WWII memorial service on his first trip to Japan and vows to strengthen ... Rosenthal showing six Marines raising the U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi 80 years ago.

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to ...

On the battle’s seventh day, a Japanese sniper shot him in the leg ... Around 170 people — but no WWII veterans — took part in last year’s ceremony on the island, the Marine Corps said ...

Earl Russell Fox was the last World War II veteran still on active duty and ... where his boat was strafed by a Japanese fighter. He ended the war in the submarine service aboard the USS Bang ...

Japan had lodged a protest with China about a statement that misquoted Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's remarks during Friday's meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japan's top government ...