On February 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured one of the most enduring images of WWII: six men raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima ...

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 ...

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A military historian has won the first round in a battle to recover $175,000 from the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, which lost several photographs from an album it borrowed from the collector, ...

It’s been more than 60 years since six war heroes hoisted the American flag over Iwo Jima, but Clint Eastwood’s epic film “Flags of Our Fathers” brought images to those too young to recall the bloody ...

NEW YORK - A long-forgotten World War II statue of the famous flag-raising at Iwo Jima that had been expected to sell for as much as $1.8 million was passed on by bidders in an auction on Friday.

Iwo Jima, the first Japanese territory ever conquered by foreign troops, was returned to Japan in 1968. More than 6,000 U.S. service members, mostly Marines, were killed on Iwo Jima. The Japanese lost ...