Dignitaries from the federal government, military officials, and families of those killed in the World War II battle of Iwo ...

The year-long exhibit, "LSU Commemorates Iwo Jima's 80th Anniversary: Honoring the Legacy of the Duval Brothers," honors the ...

Hayes and the other surviving flag raisers were mobilized by the U.S. government to enhance national prestige. For getting ...

Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the ...

A handful of retired Marines — all in the late 90s or over 100 — joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Prime ...

A Groesbeck teenager was among twelve Young Marines from across the country who traveled to Guam and Iwo Jima to honor 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 ...

Watching them reenact the raising of the flag reminds us that the legacy of Iwo Jima isn’t just history, it’s a torch being passed to the next generation.” Capturing the island of Iwo Jima ...

Their final stop was Iwo Jima, where the U.S. Marines' conquest was immortalized by photographer Joe Rosenthal's shot of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi. "They got separated on ...

Watching them reenact the raising of the flag reminds us that the legacy of Iwo Jima isn’t just history, it’s a torch being passed to the next generation,” said Col William P. Davis USMC ...