View of members of the United States Marine Corps 5th Division as they raise an American flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945.

Clint Eastwood’s $65 million World War 2 box office bomb is given high marks for realism by a former Marine Corps special ops ...

On this day in 1945, six U.S. Marines raised the American flag over the island of Iwo Jima on the fourth day of what would become over a month long brutal battle.

Franklin Sousley was just 19 when he landed on Iwo Jima, but his bravery would live on forever. As one of the Marines who ...

He wants to get the flag that gave hope to 35,000 Marines on Iwo Jima 60 years ago to Missoula for Memorial Day. Reporter Vince Devlin can be reached at 523-5260 or at [email protected] 0 ...

Securing Iwo Jima came at a great cost to the Marine Corps and the Navy. More than 75,000 Americans fought at Iwo Jima. Almost 7,000 were killed and more than 24,000 wounded.

In 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American flags (the second flag-raising was captured in the iconic Associated Press ...

Considering that Friday is Flag Day, FOX 11/CW 14 General Manager Jay Zollar shares a couple thoughts with you on the American flag. ... It is the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima.

The Battle of Iwo Jima began after American forces invaded the island on Feb. 19, 1945. The battle lasted for five weeks and was considered one of the bloodiest military campaigns of World War II ...