Titled “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,” the iconic photograph shows six soldiers hoisting the American flag atop Mount Suribachi. And the man at the rear of the group was Hayes. The picture won ...

Their final stop was Iwo Jima, where the U.S. Marines' conquest was immortalized by photographer Joe Rosenthal's shot of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi. "They got separated on ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

The deletion of the Iwo Jima flag-raising page — which was believed to have occurred because the webpage and photo emphasized the contributions of Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian, in the Pacific ...

Watching them reenact the raising of the flag reminds us that the legacy of Iwo Jima isn’t just history, it’s a torch being passed to the next generation.” Capturing the island of Iwo Jima ...