If Harter wanted to climb to the top of Mount Suribachi and step on the famed landing beaches, she had just around ... a Navy corpsman who landed with the 5th Marine Divison on Iwo Jima, was ...

With World War II raging in Europe and ... and sent to different hospital ships. He stuck around Iwo Jima long enough to see the flag flying atop Mount Suribachi four days later.

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the deaths of more than 19,000 Japanese soldiers. Casualties were also high for the ...

Director Clint Eastwood's 2006 World War II movie ... and one Navy corpsman who were immortalized forever while raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Leighanna Mackey got to plant a flag on Mt. Suribachi ... World War II. Focused and dedicated to serving his country, he remained in combat. He died at age 19 on March 1, 1945, on Iwo Jima.

One of the most famous WWII photos was taken on Feb. 23, 1945 when U.S. Marines raised a small American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima ... striking range. The Navy and Army Air Forces ...

IWO JIMA, Japan — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese ...

Marines raise the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945. The Pacific island became the site of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II against Japan. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese island ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese island, around ...

Leighanna Mackey planted a flag atop Mt ... World War II." Trimble died on Iwo Jima on March 1, 1945 at age 19, according to Young Marines. "As a retired Marine, standing atop Mt. Suribachi ...