HOMEWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- Memorial Day celebrations and tributes took place around the United States to honor the men and women who served in our Armed Forces. One local Marine has spent years ...

February 23 marks the day the United States Marines raised America’s flag over Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima almost 80 years ago. The moment has been immortalized in a famous ...

On February 19, 1945, Franklin Sousley and thousands of Marines landed on Iwo Jima’s volcanic beaches under relentless ...

Feb. 24—The front page of the Wilkes-Barre Record on Feb. 26, 1945, published what is the most patriotic picture in American history: the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi on the island ...

One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.

GROESBECK, Texas (FOX 44) – A Groesbeck teenager was among twelve Young Marines from across the country who traveled to Guam and Iwo Jima to honor the 80th anniversary of the World War II Battle of ...

Jared Frederick stands at a memorial on top of Mt. Suribachi. He teaches history at Penn State Altoona and is the host of the new documentary “I Hiked Iwo Jima: A Virtual World War II Battlefield Tour ...

On February 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured one of the most iconic images of World War II: six Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi. Yet the moment ...