The veterans met at the Iwo Jima Memorial, in New Britain, with the cutting of a birthday cake for the Marines 249th birthday. One of the Marine vets, in attendance, was 101 years old who actually ...

Navy Chaplain Commander Garry Thornton Jr., Friends of the National World War II Memorial Chairman Josiah Bunting III, WWII Navy and Battle of Iwo Jima veteran Ira Rigger, Chairman of the Joint Chi… ...

On Nov. 10, 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, ...

Feb. 7: Branches weighted with snow lie near the Marine Corp Memorial of Iwo Jima under morning sun in Arlington, Va. after a blizzard. Residents of the U.S. capital and nearby states are faced ...

James Bradley believes his father still raised the first flag on Iwo Jima. In this Feb. 23, 1945 file photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi ...

Crime Police investigating after World War II, fallen Marine memorial defaced A replica of the Iwo Jima Memorial in Fall River was vandalized with what appears to be yellow spray paint last month.

“Over 80,000 Marines, soldiers, and sailors from our two countries fought at Iwo Jima. More than 26,000 died here. Today, we revere their courage. Today, we remember their valor and sacrifice… ...