80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in World War II: the Battle ... this iconic photo of US Marines of ...

But the fighting, some of the deadliest of World War II, would rage on for a month. In Photos U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago.

Other photos flagged in the database but still visible Thursday included images of the World War II Women Air Service Pilots and one of U.S. Air Force Col. Jeannie Leavitt, the country’s first ...