Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an American flag, a moment that was ... Yet the photo from four days into the battle remains its enduring image ...

Three of the participants, Strank, Block and Sousley, went on to die in later phases of the battle. Film footage taken of the flag-raising in action proves the photo’s authenticity, though the ...

But the conquest of Iwo Jima, despite the famous flag-raising four days into the battle, did not come for another month. Advancing U.S. troops trying to establish the location of a Japanese ...

Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

I fought like hell,” recalled retired Marine Raider Frank Wright of his experience during the Battle of Iwo Jima eight decades ago.