One of the most iconic photographs of WW2 taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945 won a Pulitzer ...

The battle for Mount Suribachi was one of the most grueling fights of WWII. This video captures the courage, strategy, and sacrifice it took to raise the flag on Iwo Jima.

Art is subjective, but that does not make it immune to criticism. That very thought, though, placed actors Clint Eastwood and ...

WWII veteran John Robinson, 102, of Portsmouth helped target Japanese artillery in Battle of Iwo Jima using sound tracking technology.

His photograph captured six Americans raising the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima on Feb. 23, 1945. Marine Sgt. Bill Genaust, who was standing beside Rosenthal, captured the same moment on video.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — With veterans watching on, a bronze sculpture honoring the World War II battle of Iwo Jima was lifted onto a pedestal in Williamsburg Wednesday morning. The 7,000-pound ...

The 5th Marine Division took part in the Battle of Iwo Jima that began Feb. 16, 1945, and ended March 26, 1945. Rosenthal's picture of the American flag raising, as widely reported, occurred on ...

Monticello native Earnest "Boots" Thomas, sitting in the foreground holding a rifle, was part of the first unit photographed raising a flag after the battle of Iwo Jima. Thomas was killed eight ...

It was exactly 80 years ago that six Marines raised the U.S. flag over the Japanese volcano island of Iwo Jima.

At 100 years old, Dick Jessor remembers the moments when he and his fellow Marines landed on Iwo Jima and the hope he felt days later seeing Old Glory raised high.

But the conquest of Iwo Jima, despite the famous flag-raising four days into the battle, did not come for another month.