The sand was handed over in clear, plastic discs that resembled a hockey puck, Sekiya said. It could possibly be the first time Japanese people have received sand from Iwo Jima, Fujiwara said.

Iwo Jima Day services surprised by appearance of 99-year-old battle survivor ... And then there is experience that comes with standing in the “black sand” of Red and Green Beach on Iwo Jima.

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 ...

Following a 23-year U.S. occupation, Iwo Jima was returned to Japan in 1968 as part of the Ogasawara island group, but it is now home to only 380 service members of the Japan Maritime Self Defense ...

U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of the deadliest of World War II, would rage on for a month.

With genuine volcanic sand from the sulphur island, the Praesidus Iwo Jima 80th Commemoration A-11 watches offer a rare chance to own a piece of history. Praesidus watches.

Visitors to Atlantic City this weekend can get an up-close look at the creation of a gigantic work of art - a massive representation of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima ...

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Iwo Jima, for one, will take a lot of patient cultivation. After 23 years, it still remains a desolate battlefield, where hulks of landing craft and shell casings jut from the black volcanic sand.