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

View of members of the United States Marine Corps 5th Division as they raise an American flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945.

U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of the deadliest of World War II, would rage on for a month.

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 of ...

He wants to get the flag that gave hope to 35,000 Marines on Iwo Jima 60 years ago to Missoula for Memorial Day. Reporter Vince Devlin can be reached at 523-5260 or at [email protected] 0 ...

Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, ... Atop the rubble of war and volcanic eruption, they pitched forward and raised an American flag. A photographer for The Associated Press, ...

DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes — then restored one, with changes In 1945, Hayes was one of six men famously photographed raising an American flag on Iwo Jima.

The Battle of Iwo Jima began after American forces invaded the island on Feb. 19, 1945. The battle lasted for five weeks and was considered one of the bloodiest military campaigns of World War II ...