The Battle of Iwo Jima: A History
U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of ...
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Army veteran returns WWII ‘good luck’ flag to Japanese soldier’s family
A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...
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The Story Behind the World-Famous Photograph of U.S. Marines Raising the American Flag During the Battle of Iwo Jima
Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photos from Iwo Jima helped the United States raise $26 billion for the war and served as the basis ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5mon
To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
Everywhere one looked, sailors and soldiers filled every available ... [that] was the first American flag hoisted over ...
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New exhibit features flags from Japanese POW camp that held New Mexico Bataan survivors
2, 1945. The group had kept the U.S. flag hidden in a mine where they were forced by Japanese soldiers to toil. "My dad and a couple of other guys took the Japanese flag down," said Avery Cox's ...
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New exhibit features flags from Japanese POW camp that held New Mexico Bataan survivors
2, 1945. The group had kept the U.S. flag hidden in a mine where they were forced by Japanese soldiers to toil. What: Exhibit titled Flags of Freedom: Honoring the 80th Anniversary of the ...