WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — With veterans watching on, a bronze sculpture honoring the World War II battle of Iwo Jima was lifted ...

In early 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed at least two web pages related to Ira Hayes, a Native American veteran ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in 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 ...

Sunday marks 80 years since U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi and hoisted the American flag at Iwo Jima. The move was a symbol of hope and freedom during a tough battle and a long war.

Before he passed, former Texas Tech Professor Bill Pasewark recalled seeing "things that stay with you forever" on Iwo Jima during World War II.

On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American ...

But the conquest of Iwo Jima, despite the famous flag-raising four days into the battle, did not come for another month. On the day the Stars and Stripes was unfurled on Mount Suribachi — twice ...

The patriotic picture of the flag raising was taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photograph. The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima is ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Marine Corps has corrected the identity of another of the men who were photographed raising the American flag at Iwo Jima during World War II. The Marine Corps corrected ...

Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an American flag, a moment that was captured by military photographers and later became an enduring symbol of the ...