Hayes and the other surviving flag raisers were mobilized by the U.S. government to enhance national prestige. For getting out of Iwo Jima alive when too many of his brothers-in-arms didn’t, Hayes ...

Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the Hollywood actor felt he was too old to play Sgt John M Stryker, and at one ...

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

In this Feb 23, 1945, Associated Press photo taken by Joe Rosenthal, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. (Joe Rosenthal ...

On Iwo Jima, the group climbed Mt. Suribachi - the scene of the flag raising by U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima - where the famous photo was taken during the battle. “They had a lot of old equipment on ...

With neither beauty nor bounty to its credit, the volcanic island of Iwo Jima entered ... their fight, on Mount Suribachi, the straining Marines raised the U.S. flag in a scene captured for ...

Leighanna Mackey planted a flag atop Mt. Suribachi ... "Watching them reenact the raising of the flag reminds us that the legacy of Iwo Jima isn’t just history, it’s a torch being passed ...

The 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima is best known for the photo by The Associated Press’ Joe Rosenthal showing six Marines raising the U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi 80 years ago. About 70,000 American ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ... showing a group of US Marines raising the American flag on the ...

In honor of her grandfather, she was going to make every second count on Iwo Jima ... On top of Mount Suribachi, where the flag raising immortalized in Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photograph took ...