A 100-year-old veteran who survived the Battle of Iwo Jima recounts his experience and the freedom he's enjoyed since the Allies won World War II.

With Veteran’s Day just around the corner there is a new flag flying over Lake Guntersville as of Wednesday thanks to ...

U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. (Joe Rosenthal/AP) The image of Marines raising the American flag on top of ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — Dave Severance, the commander of the Marine troops who planted the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 during World War II, died Monday at his California home, his family announced Wednesday. He ...

York celebrated the 250th birthday of the Marine Corps by raising the Marine Corps flag at City Hall this morning, honoring ...

On July 11, 1798, Congress formally ordered the creation of the Corps as a permanent military service under the Secretary of ...

It is one of the most recognizable photographs from World War II, five Marines and one sailor raising the American flag on ...

The U.S. Marine Corps on Friday ordered all public displays of the Confederate flag removed, a ban that extends to bumper stickers, clothing, mugs, posters and more. The order directs Marine Corps ...

The Marine Corps has corrected the identity of another man photographed raising the US flag on Iwo Jima during the World War II battle on the island. The Corps previously corrected the identity of ...

Kevin Lloyd, a Marine veteran who died of cancer on the eve of the Corps’ 250th birthday, won his battle for benefits for his ...

From the time Marine recruits enter boot camp, they’re told that the service is colorblind — that there are no white Marines, brown Marines or Black Marines. Everyone is Marine green. “That statement, ...