On the 80th anniversary of the first U.S. flag raising on Iwo Jima, World War II veterans are honored for their service in Monticello.

It was exactly 80 years ago that six Marines raised the U.S. flag over the Japanese volcano island of Iwo Jima.

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.

Dozens gathered in Franklin Borough Saturday to honor the 80th anniversary of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima. The Conemaugh Valley Marine Corps Detachment held a ceremony at the Sgt. Michael Strank ...

On this day in 1945, the American flag was raised at Iwo Jima to signal the capture of Mount Suribachi, the highest point on the island, by U.S. Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

The flag raised atop Mount Suribachi Back on the line the morning of the fifth day, Jessor looked at the opposite end of the island to see something in the distance atop Mount Suribachi, the dominant ...

A 103-year-old Navy veteran in Rock Island was there when one of the most iconic World War II photos was taken. "I saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima," Henry Diedrich recalled of that February ...

US marines raise the American flag atop Mt Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, in 1943. AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal But their greatest similarity resides in the cultural symbolism of the images.