A Brooklyn native seen helping raise the flagpole after the Battle of Iwo Jima is one of the Marines being highlighted by a ...

EFFINGHAM - Bill Genaust never met Marine Sgt. William Genaust, a distant relative who was killed on Iwo Jima, during one of the costliest campaigns of World War II. As a 13-year-old boy living on 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 ...

One of the most intense and iconic battles of World War II, the Battle of Iwo Jima pushed both sides to their limits. In this ...

More than 1,000 American flags were placed on the lawn of the memorial this year. Each flag was dedicated by loved ones of ...

More than 100 runners on 25 six-member teams will climb Palo Duro Canyon on Saturday, Sept. 20 for a three-mile honor run, carrying the U.S. flag up the CCC Trail to salute veterans and service ...

The Central New York War Memorial in Utica, a landmark dedicated to the men and women who fought in World War I, World War II ...

Born in 1926 in New Orleans, Charles Calvin Holdeman Jr. grew up through the Great Depression, waiting in soup lines and packing his shoes with cardboard when they wore thin. At 17, with World War II ...

The more than 40 memorial monuments at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery start greeting visitors as soon as they ...

A rectangular column topped with a bas-relief depiction of news photographer Joseph Rosenthal's photograph of the Marines raising the U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on February 23, 1945.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A black-and-white photograph of four ...