Nicolas Maduro and his wife were taken by helicopter to the USS Iwo Jima, a powerful US Navy ship in the Caribbean. The ship is heading to New York for federal charges. It carries Marines, helicopters,

Before being taken to New York to face criminal charges, captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was transported on the USS Iwo Jima to the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship,

WASHINGTON --It was 70 years ago Thursday, during the Second World War, that U.S. forces began a bloody but successful battle to capture the Japanese island of Iwo Jima -- needed as a staging area to attack the mainland. The picture of Marines raising the ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an American flag, a moment that was captured by military ...

Pam Brown doesn't remember much about her dad. A sailor in the Pacific during World War II, he missed her birthdays and Christmas. And she missed him. She recalls running away at 4 years old and wandering Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles with a Life ...

Staff Sgt. Alvin Joesphy Jr.'s voice from Iwo Jima is insistent, but collected. It rings through time with bell-like clarity. "An American dive bombing attack is taking place just ahead of us on the Japanese, who are holed up in the northern edges of the ...

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. Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako, prayed at three memorial sites — one for the ...

TOKYO – Japan has changed the name of the Pacific island of Iwo Jima to the original name of Iwo To given by locals, who have become disenchanted with the popularization of its modern-day moniker by such movies as Clint Eastwood's recently released ...

President Donald Trump on Jan. 3 released the first photo of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima after his capture in an overnight U.S. military operation.

One of the six men believed to have been part of the iconic moment when an American flag was hoisted at Iwo Jima was misidentified, the Marine Corps confirmed. An investigative panel led by a retired general reviewed claims that one of the men was not Navy ...