U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of ...

The Okinawa American Legion Post held a motorcycle safety ride to mentor younger riders on the island, including eight ...

China says its forces have begun live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin only days after Vietnam announced a new line ...

The front page of the 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 Jima during ...

For Franklin Borough, the fact that one of the community's own was among the six Marines raising the American Flag in Iwo Jima during World War II is a source of pride. On Feb. 23, 1945, in Iwo Jima, ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S.