One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag ... strategists: Iwo Jima had to be captured and its airbases turned over to American forces.

A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died on the way ... were going to get us, they went over top of us ... we had 150 casualties ...

"I saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima," Henry ... For Diedrich, life is best lived in the now. With few American veterans of the battle of Iwo Jima still living, now was the time to tell his story.

One of the troops photographed raising the US flag on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima in 1945 was misidentified, the US Marine Corp says. The famous picture was taken by the Associated Press after ...

He was on the deck of the Eldorado when he witnessed the raising of an American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on Feb 23 1945 ... Following the Allied victory over Germany and Japan ...

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

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 ...