The patriotic picture of the flag raising was taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photograph. The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima is ...

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.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

Raising the American flag on Iwo Jima Whatever interest there had been in mass producing the Stinger, or an LMG like it, the end of the war made it unnecessary. Like many of the other fearsome ...

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 ...

detailed biographies of Iwo Jima flag raisers such as Ira Hayes. If the department believes what its spokesman now admits, that “history is not DEI,” then its obligation to respect the ...

IWO JIMA, Japan – A handful of retired ... scaled the mountain and planted an American flag in what would become an iconic image. The flag-raising was later turned into a statue that now marks ...