Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Feb. 23, 2025. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines ...

CU Boulder distinguished professor and Marine veteran Richard Jessor reflects on what the planting of the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi Feb. 23, 1945, meant for the country and for him personally ...

Anti-ICE activists are under fire for recreating the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photograph — substituting the Minnesota state flag for the American flag — in a video posted to X on Monday. The video ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – As a Conemaugh Valley-based Marine Corps League marked the 81st anniversary of the Iwo Jima flag raising, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 24—The front page of the Wilkes-Barre Record on Feb. 26, 1945, published what is the most patriotic picture in American ...

Seventy-one years ago today, photographer Joe Rosenthal was in the right place at the right time. Just as five Marines and one Navy sailor hoisted an American flag at the summit of Mount Suribachi on ...

TRIANGLE, Va. (7News) — Over its 250-year history, the Marine Corps’ most iconic moment arguably occurred in February 1945, with the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima. A photo from that day is now ...

Dozens gathered in Franklin Borough Saturday to honor the 80th anniversary of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima. The Conemaugh Valley Marine Corps Detachment held a ceremony at the Sgt. Michael Strank ...

A 100-year-old World War II veteran who witnessed one of the most iconic moments in U.S. history was honored Tuesday at Disneyland Park. Charles Cram, a Los Angeles native, served as a Navy pharmacist ...

IWO JIMA, Japan (WCSC) — U.S. Marines raised the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II, 81 years ago Monday. The moment was captured on Feb. 23, 1945, in a ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Turning point WWII battle on Iwo Jima; B-29 bombers and the iconic photo explained by Col. Dave Severance; US Marine casualties The Battle of Iwo ...

The front page of the Wilkes-Barre Record on Feb. 26, 1945, published what is the most patriotic picture in American history: the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo ...