In Photos U.S. Marines raised an American ... Thousands of American soldiers died in the battle to take control of Iwo Jima. On March 26, 1945, Iwo Jima became the first chunk of Japanese land ...

the Battle of Iwo Jima began on February 19, 1945 and raged for 36 days, devastating the island stronghold. W. Eugene Smith, The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Bill Montgomery doesn’t hear ...

The invasion of Iwo Jima, known as Operation Detachment would see the USMC undertake a huge amphibious invasion of the ...

For the United States Marine Corps, however, the Battle of Iwo Jima was more than one more island ... is perhaps one of the best-known war photos ever taken. Raising the American flag at the ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought over a grueling 36 days between February and March of 1945. This battle pitted American marines and sailors against a deeply entrenched Imperial Japanese force.

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. The photograph ...

The veterans met at the Iwo Jima Memorial, in New Britain, with the cutting of a birthday cake for the Marines 249th birthday. One of the Marine vets, in attendance, was 101 years old who actually ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Reporter’s Notebook: This week marks the 80th anniversary of the famed Battle of Iwo Jima. Some of the men who braved those shores are in town to mark this key turning ...

Joesphy was a military war correspondent during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. His voice can be heard frequently in the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Recordings Collection – preserved by the Library ...

The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, as the United States tried to take control of a key strategic point to advance to mainland Japan. Despite expectations by the U.S ...

Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for desperate ...