He witnessed the raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima, one of the most iconic moments of the Second World War, and survived the bloody campaign against the Japanese in the Far East.

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 ...

One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.

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 February 23, 1945, he captured the image that would become his most famous work, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, a photograph of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the ...

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 ...