It is perhaps the most iconic image of WWII: Six U.S. soldiers strain to raise the American flag atop Iwo Jima’s Mt. Suribachi in the midst of a gory battle. Yet, before and after the [...]
For nearly a month, U.S. Marines fought entrenched Japanese defenders for control of the tiny island. In the end, over 25,000 soldiers died, more than 3,000 for each square mile of Iwo Jima. HEROES OF [...]