February 23 marks the day the United States Marines raised America’s flag over Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima almost 80 years ago. The moment has been immortalized in a famous ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - It’s a brief yet powerful stop each year during Honor Flight Tallahassee. The whirlwind trip that sends local veterans to Washington, D.C. always stops at the Marine Corps ...

Seventy-five years ago this week, the U.S. Marine Corps began the invasion of Iwo Jima. The tiny island in the Pacific Ocean was considered Japanese soil and fiercely guarded. The battle is said to ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an ...

This month is the 76th anniversary of the Marine Corps landing on the Japanese held island of Iwo Jima. It is also the anniversary of the most famous photograph of World War II, and perhaps one of the ...

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Auto-Ordnance teamed up with Altered Arsenal to create a ...

HOMEWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- Memorial Day celebrations and tributes took place around the United States to honor the men and women who served in our Armed Forces. One local Marine has spent years ...

Monuments are erected to celebrate victories and mourn losses. We chisel names into buildings as a way to claim a piece of posterity. But what happens when those same statues and touted heroes are no ...

A Marine who was present for the Battle of Iwo Jima's history-making flag-raising has died days before the battle's 76th anniversary. Elwood "Woody" Hughes died Feb. 2 at age 95, the Daily Herald ...

Seventy-five years ago this week, the U.S. Marine Corps began the invasion of Iwo Jima. The tiny island in the Pacific Ocean was considered Japanese soil and fiercely guarded. The battle is said to ...