The USS Iwo Jima is the flagship of an Amphibious Ready Group, a quick-response team for contingency missions. Marte's mother, initially shocked by his enlistment, became his biggest supporter.

Editor's Note: This is the second installment of excerpts from the diary of Anthony Sirco, a gunner on the USS Arkansas during World War II.

As the 80th anniversary of the end of Iwo Jima — the infamous World War II ... On Saturday, crew members of the USS Bougainville and others gathered on Singing River Island just across the ...