Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

The 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima is best known for the photo by The Associated Press’ Joe Rosenthal showing six Marines raising the U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi 80 years ago. About 70,000 American ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — With veterans watching on, a bronze sculpture honoring the World War II battle of Iwo Jima was lifted onto a pedestal in Williamsburg Wednesday morning. The 7,000-pound ...

Joe Caminiti went to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima. He is one of the ... a wreath where Marines were able to raise the American flag back in March 1945.

Pfc. Ira Hayes, left, was one of the six Marines to appear in the famous World War II photograph ‘Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,’ depicting the second flag-raising on the summit of Mount ...