Half a dozen Marines raise the American flag on Iwo Jima. It is Feb. 23, 1945. Wire service photographer Joe Rosenthal captures the image: the flag, at a 45-degree angle, beginning to unfurl in ...

An American need only look at a photograph of the American flag raising during the Battle of Iwo Jima or listen to "The Star-Spangled Banner" to recognize the importance that the Stars and Stripes ...

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Lodi resident Frank Wright reached a milestone today as he turned 100, and to celebrate, he asked people from all over the country to send birthday cards. He set a goal to receive 100,000, and as of ...

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But the flag also stands for legacies of courage and sacrifice that should give us all hope and strength, like the classic World War II image of GIs raising it over Iwo Jima.

Worf, from Montana's Rosebud County, was also an 18-year-old Marine on Iwo Jima. He was less than a mile away when the first flag went up. Now 82, Worf is retired from the U.S. Forest Service.

Unlike the other iconic war photos from the Great War and the Second World War, however, this photograph is an icon of a ...

WWII Marine Cpl. Frank S. Wright's 100th birthday wish is to receive 100,000 postcards or birthday cards. Here's where you ...