Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea.... Atop the rubble of war and volcanic eruption, they pitched forward and raised an American flag.... Tadamichi Kuribayashi, second from left, in 1944....

The Japan Meteorological Agency has raised the warning level for Mount Aso to three on a scale of five.... Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture erupted at around 11: 43AM local time( 3: 30AM).... The eruption occurred in the south-west of Japan....

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for Sept.... The soldiersdidn't encounter resistance and returned to their platoon to again head up to the summit.AP WAS THERE: MARINES RAISE AMERICAN FLAG ON IWO JIMA, AS REPORTED BY AP IN 1945 Flag raising on Iwo Jima, an iconic moment from World War II.... Ed McLaughlin on his back from a battlefield area nicknamed the Meat Grinder....

Join our Whatsapp channel IWO JIMA: Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese island, around 1, 250 kilometres south of Tokyo, was the scene of a five-week battle between wartime enemies Japan and the United States in 1945. Nearly all of Japan’s 21, 000 soldiers on the island were killed during the fight, while the US side saw more than 6, 800 fatalities and

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