A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American ...

“Both types of bombardment had been going on for quite some time, and the sense was that Iwo Jima could ... ‘The flag is up! The flag is up!’” he says. “The other Marines around me began turning ...

At 100 years old, Dick Jessor remembers the moments when he and his fellow Marines landed on Iwo Jima and the hope he felt days later seeing Old Glory raised high.

For Franklin Borough, the fact that one of the community's own was among the six Marines who raised the American flag on Iwo ...

On February 23, members of the Brevard County Detachment of the Marine Corps League on Merritt Island hosted a get-together at Beef O’Brady’s of Melbourne in honor and remembrance of those whose ...

Robert Boyd Jr. begged his widowed mother to let him join the Marines during World War II before he turned 18. He survived the trial by fire at Iwo Jima ...

No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima was 80 years ago, when the U.S. captured the strategically located Pacific island after a five-week ...

For Franklin Borough, the fact that one of the community's own was among the six Marines raising the American Flag in Iwo Jima during World War II is a source of pride. On Feb. 23, 1945, in Iwo Jima, ...