The USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the first amphibious assault ship specifically designed as a helicopter carrier, capable of ...
On February 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured one of the most iconic images of World War II: six Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi. Yet the moment ...
They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers diminish with each passing year, eight veterans of the Battle of Iwo Jima ...