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Author of 'Flags of Our Fathers' Now Suspects His Dad Was Not in Iwo Jima Photo

By Charlotte Alter

How American and Japanese Veterans of Iwo Jima Forged a Friendship 70 Years Later

By Eliza Berman

Under Armour Removes Iwo Jima-Inspired Shirt After Complaints

By Alexandra Sifferlin

The Story Behind World War II's Most Famous Photograph

By Lily Rothman
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Read an Eye-Witness Account of the Battle of Iwo Jima

The Battle of Iwo Jima began on Feb. 19, 1945

By Lily Rothman

Celebrating 80 Years of Associated Press' Wirephoto

Exactly 80 years ago today, on Jan. 1, 1935, the Associated Press sent its very first photograph over the organization’s brand new Wirephoto service: an aerial photo of a plane crash in upstate New York....

By Mia Tramz

The War After D-Day: Deeper Into Hell

Photos from Saipan, Bastogne, Iwo Jima, Berlin, Nagasaki: places where the war did not stop when Operation Overlord ended

By Ben Cosgrove

The War After D-Day: Deeper Into Hell

Photos -- some of them iconic, many of them little-known -- from places like Saipan, Bastogne, Berlin, Nagasaki: places where the war did not stop when Operation Overlord ended.

By Ben Cosgrove

Watch the Story Behind the Iconic Iwo Jima Photograph

The photo depicts the raising of the American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima, which drew to a close 69 years ago this week

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Japan's Nationalism Questioned on Iwo Jima Anniversary

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to boost defense spending and ease restraints on the country's armed forces. But on the 69th anniversary of the bloody World War II battle, concerns resurface over how Japan's nationalist government remembers the past

By Kirk Spitzer / Iwo Jima, Japan

World War II: Photos We Remember

Seven decades have passed since World War II ended, but the power of these pictures has barely faded.

By Ben Cosgrove

Iwo Jima: Rare and Classic Photos From the Pacific in World War II

LIFE.com presents a series of photos — many of which never ran in LIFE magazine — made in the Pacific by the great W. Eugene Smith near the tail end of World War II.

By Ben Cosgrove
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