The Troy Bowling campus was named for a Kentucky Marine who was severely wounded during the same battle. Bowling joined the U ...

After weeks of fierce fighting, even battle-hardened U.S. Marines were “sitting on the ground, hands to their faces, sobbing their hearts out.” Among the most brutal battles of World War II in ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima was an intense, 36-day battle that became one of the major turning points in WWII. The raising of the American flag on Feb. 23, 1945, atop Mount Suribachi was immortalized ...

I have always been fascinated by flags. Call me a vexillophile (a person who has a special interest in flags), but whether it ...

The battle of Iwo Jima began the morning of Feb. 19 and continued for 36 days. The raising of the American flag on Feb. 23, 1945, atop Mount Suribachi was immortalized in a Pulitzer-Prize winning ...

On the way home from my office the other day I was delighted to see several small American flags affixed atop a lengthy row ...

It is one of the most famous photographs in history. Half a dozen Marines raise the American flag on Iwo Jima. It is Feb. 23, 1945. Wire service photographer Joe Rosenthal captures the image ...

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 ...

The focus on Louis Charlo, when there's a focus at all, is how he helped raise the first flag on Iwo Jima and how he died there. There is so much more to the story, and Jack Gladstone is ...

Five new inductees will enter the Cambria County Military Hall of Fame later this year, four posthumously. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. Oct. 18 at 1st Summit Arena @ Cambria ...