Franklin Sousley was just 19 when he landed on Iwo Jima, but his bravery would live on forever. As one of the Marines who ...

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On July 5, the National Museum of Military Vehicles will host Shayne Jarosz, executive director of the Iwo Jima Association, ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of war, brought out to dazzle and impress. And there was the spray of tear ...

That may be because carrying the flag feels uncomfortable, a false embrace for many who’ve marched to challenge American wars ... like the classic World War II image of GIs raising it over Iwo Jima.

In this Feb 23, 1945, Associated Press photo taken by Joe Rosenthal, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. (Joe Rosenthal ...

The U.S. Department of Defense in early 2025 removed a webpage about Ira Hayes, a Marine and Pima Nation member best known for being one of the six men who raised a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima during WWII.

Rosenthal's picture of the American flag raising, as widely reported, occurred on Feb. 23, 1945, several days after the Marine landing on Iwo Jima.

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 ...