In the Pacific, the Japanese were putting up fanatical resistance in the Philippines and elsewhere.And a tiny, just eight-square-milevolcanic speck of an island called Iwo Jima would be the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. The island was of vital strategic importance: The...
The US Raised the Iwo Jima Flag, then Occupied the Islands for 23 Years The U.S. occupation of the Ogasawara, or Bonin, Islands was anything but simple. Read more The Pictures that Defined World War II Getting the perfect shot in wartime is not only about weapons. Photographers were there...
Halvorsen, Donna
SCARS & STRIPES; (1)an Iconic Image of Flag-Raising Marines Turned the Bitter WWII Battle of Iwo Jima into a US Publicity Coup. but a Book by One Hero's Son Told a Very Different Story - and Inspired Clint Eastwood to Make Flags of Our Fathers. Here, James Bradley Exposes the Sad ...