Henry Diedrich poses with his memoir, “Voyages Thru Calm Yet Stormy Seas,” at his home at Rock Island’s Friendship Manor. The ...

A 103-year-old Navy veteran in Rock Island was there when one of the most iconic World War II photos was taken. "I saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima," Henry Diedrich recalled of that February ...

A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died on the way to a D-Day commemoration event in France. Robert Persichitti, 102, passed away on ...

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’s annual Veterans Day Event on Monday Nov. 11 in Simi Valley honored the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. The event included a ...

On a somber note, members of the Historical Unit of Southern California recreated the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima. The program hosted by Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute honored ...

Joe Rosenthal, who took the iconic WWII Iwo Jima photo and then worked for 35 years for the S.F. Chronicle, will get a block ...