For nearly six decades, World War II veteran Jerry Ziehme spoke proudly of his role as a corpsman on Iwo Jima — a moment he ... “He staggered us all around. I was still kneeling near this ...

However, he then went on to capture one of the most enduring images of World War II while working for The Associated Press – US Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.

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.

On Nov. 10, 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, ...

Pfc. Duane Tunnyhill of Omaha was ready to die with his fellow Marines at Iwo Jima. He survived and lived another 80 years to become the last man ...

Corporal Don Graves was in a fox hole on Iwo Jima, close to Japanese lines ... “So my other two buddies, they said, ‘make enough for three of us.'” So there he was, slicing up his chocolate ...

A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died on the way to a D-Day ...

The story of the park is a complicated affair and has grown into a situation where it seems to languish without a foreseeable ...

The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in April to pay respects to soldiers killed in World War II, people familiar ...

The Island of Iwo Jima was the location of one of the fiercest battles between Japan and the US during World War II. The Battle of Iwo Jima started on February 16 and ended on March 26 ...