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 ...

On February 23, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, United States Marines raised an American flag atop Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest point. The event became one of the most ...

February 23 marks the day the United States Marines raised America’s flag over Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima almost 80 years ago. The moment has been immortalized in a famous ...

In February 1945, U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima expecting a difficult but relatively short fight. Instead, they encountered ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — Dave Severance, the commander of the Marine troops who planted the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 during World War II, died Monday at his California home, his family announced Wednesday. He ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - It’s a brief yet powerful stop each year during Honor Flight Tallahassee. The whirlwind trip that sends local veterans to Washington, D.C. always stops at the Marine Corps ...

SAN DIEGO — Dave Severance, the commander of the Marine troops who planted the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 during World War II, died Monday at his California home, his family announced Wednesday. He ...