The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sailed through waters east of the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, Japan's top government spokesperson ...

The expertise of the Higgins crews was such that many of the Coasties, including DeVita, were transferred to the Pacific after the Nazi surrender and participated in the landings on Iwo Jima and ...

Captured by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945, "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" is more than a photo—it's a national symbol. In a single frame, Rosenthal immortalized the grit and unity of six ...

Tengrinews.kz - On June 4, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took part in the national flag-raising ceremony in Astana. President Tokayev noted that this year marks the 30th anniversary of ...

Kenneth Czerwinski of Maumee, along with his grandson Donovan McConnell, took a very special trip to Washington with Flag City Honor Flight. 11 Expensive Steakhouse Chains That Aren't Worth The ...

The flag raising ceremony comes in advance of the Juneteenth national holiday that, this year will mark 160 years since 2,000 Union troops landed in Galveston Bay, TX, to announce that the more than ...

Haith led the first Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2000. The tradition of raising the flag on June 19 at the Dillaway Thomas House continues to this day, according ...