Four days later, he was near Mount Suribachi as the soon-to-be-iconic flag-raising took ... with a group of former Marines from Omaha, all of whom had survived Iwo Jima: Bob Boyd, Leroy Hanson ...

The Marine Corps announced Tuesday that its financial house is fully in order: For the second year in a row, the Marines have ...

He was an animator on 'Peter Pan,' a layout artist on ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and an VFX Oscar nominee on ‘The Black Hole.’ ...

Four days after landing on Iwo Jima, Rosenthal took a photo of six Marines raising a large American flag at the top of Mount Suribachi, marking the United States’ takeover of the island. The photo ...

By Paul Szoldra Updated on Feb 23, 2021 The Battle of Iwo Jima, which began Feb. 19, 1945, was one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, as former Cpl. Don Graves knows firsthand and ...

The Navy and U.S. Marine Corps will combine to celebrate their 250th anniversary in October 2025. The celebration will be the largest celebration ever, held at our nation’s birthplace.

We’re celebrating 90 years of AP Wirephotos with a special series of galleries, highlighting the iconic images that shaped ...

The US Army Corps of Engineers, alongside the Coast Guard and the Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, will start clearing the wreckage from the fatal midair collision near Ronald Reagan ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to begin removing the wreckage of both the jet and helicopter involved in Wednesday's midair crash in Washington, D.C., from the Potomac River on ...

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced a resolution recognizing the 80 th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, which began on February 19, 1945, and lasted until March ...