Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

Ira Hayes is arguably Arizona’s most iconic World War II hero, as one of six Marines who famously raised the American flag at ...

The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), (PHIBRON) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)—all part of the Iwo ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima raged from Feb. 19 to March ... ships and five destroyer escorts," he wrote. While Marines raised the second U.S. flag that flew over Mount Suribachi, as seen in the iconic ...

Davis USMC (Ret), national executive director and CEO of the Young Marines. "Watching them reenact the raising of the flag reminds us that the legacy of Iwo Jima isn’t just history, it’s a ...

On Iwo Jima, the group climbed Mt. Suribachi - the scene of the flag raising by U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima - where the famous photo was taken during the battle. “They had a lot of old equipment on ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako today made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th ...

A Harrison High School senior summitted to the top of Mt. Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima, Japan, last week to honor the ...

Honoring our 6,821 fallen U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima were eleven 2024 and 2025 Division Young Marines of the Year from across the U.S. as well as Mackey who is the recipient of the Jimmy Trimble Award.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has visited Iwo Jima to pay tribute to Japanese and Americans who died on the island in one of World ...

On top of Mount Suribachi, where the flag raising immortalized in Joe ... Charles Cram, a Navy corpsman who landed with the 5th Marine Divison on Iwo Jima, was there in person with his ...