A block in downtown San Francisco is being renamed for acclaimed photojournalist Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize ...

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 ...

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. But Robert ...

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 ...

In addition to the usual celebrations for veterans, the community rededicated its Iwo Jima Memorial ... World War II image of Marines raising the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi after ...

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 ...