FILE - In this Feb. 23, 1945 file photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Strategically located 660 miles from Tokyo, the Pacific ...

U.S. Marines from the 22nd MEU (SOC) and Sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) are participating in joint exercises in the Atlantic, focusing on amphibious operations and maritime security.

Clip #1: The Battle of Iwo Jima (5:18). Col. Dave Severance, commander of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, explains why the United States had to take the island of Iwo Jima, how long the ...

Marine Cpl. Harold P. Keller was one of the six men raising the American flag in Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's famous World War II photograph, 'Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima' ...

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 listen to a “summary of action” at Invasion Beach, Iwo Jima, Japan, Dec. 13, 2022. VMGR-1 ...

It has been called the most iconic war photo of all time. On Feb. 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal snapped a photo of six U.S. Marines raising an American flag over the battle ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Sunday marks 80 years since U.S. Marines captured Mount Suribachi and hoisted the American flag at Iwo Jima. The move was a symbol of hope and freedom during a tough battle and ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the United States Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat brutality and staggering casualties, it was the worst battle in ...

Editor's note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima. In February 2020, Military Times interviewed Marine Corps veteran and Iwo Jima survivor Don Harris ...

More than 6,500 U.S. servicemen died in the battle at Iwo Jima, a tiny island 660 miles south of Tokyo that was deemed vital to the U.S. war effort because Japanese fighter planes based there were ...

Dave Severance, a retired U.S. Marine colonel whose troops were the first to plant an American flag over the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during World War II, is seen at his home in San Diego on ...

75 years ago today, US Marines raised the American flag over Iwo Jima. Here's the inside story Posted 2020-02-23T09:03:15+00:00 - Updated 2020-02-23T09:01:35+00:00 ...