HOMEWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- Memorial Day celebrations and tributes took place around the United States to honor the men and women who served in our Armed Forces. One local Marine has spent years ...

The U.S. Department of Defense in early 2025 removed a webpage about Ira Hayes, a Marine and Pima Nation member best known for being one of the six men who raised a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima during WWII.

One of the most intense and iconic battles of World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima pushed both sides to their limits. In this ...

The famous photo of US marines hoisting the flag after the Battle of Iwo Jima has been erased from the Pentagon website - AP/Joe Rosenthal A commemoration marking the 80th anniversary of Iwo Jima has ...

Until recently, a page on the Defense Department’s website celebrated Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six Marines photographed hoisting a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, as an emblem ...

TOKYO -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War ...

TOKYO — "To tell the truth, we got more sleep on Iwo Jima than we did while touring the United States later during the War Bond Drive." That's how Rene Gagnon, one of the survivors of the Mount ...

One of the six men long identified in an iconic World War II photograph showing the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima was actually not in the image, the Marine Corps announced Thursday after ...

More than 100 runners on 25 six-member teams will climb Palo Duro Canyon on Saturday, Sept. 20 for a three-mile honor run, carrying the U.S. flag up the CCC Trail to salute veterans and service ...

TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War ...

On March 3, 1945, Jack Williams, 21, of Harrison was ashore on Iwo Jima, Japan, tending to wounded Marines who were engaged in a fierce battle to dislodge Japanese forces from the island. As a Navy ...