He witnessed the raising of the US flag at Iwo Jima, one of the most iconic moments ... his way to take part in the events commemorating D-Day. With a history of heart problems, he suffered ...

Robert "Al" Persichitti, of Fairport, New York — who served as a radio man aboard the USS Eldorado and witnessed the raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima ... to the D-Day event with the National ...

“But the Marines took Iwo Jima.” This month, Rosenthal, who died in 2006, is being honored in San Francisco, where he lived for most of his life: Officials have renamed a downtown block of ...

A photojournalist who captured one of the most enduring images of World War II — the U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima — had a block in downtown San Francisco ...

San Francisco Names Street for Associated Press Photographer Who Captured the Iconic Iwo Jima Photo SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A photojournalist who captured one of the most enduring images of World ...