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

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 ...

Nearly all of Japan’s 21,000 soldiers on island killed during the fight, while the US side saw more than 6,800 fatalities.

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

With neither beauty nor bounty to its credit, the volcanic island of Iwo Jima entered ... Marines raised the U.S. flag in a scene captured for posterity in a famous photograph.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has praised the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed while ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako today made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th ...

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 ...