A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American ...

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women ...

On Sunday, Feb. 23, more than 50 World War II veterans ... Retired Navy veteran Troy Avera, who hosted the event said, “We're really not here today to disparage the second flag or the photograph ...

“The island had been under severe bombardment from U.S. aircraft and our Navy ships offshore ... and later it did the same for a war-weary American public at home, when the image of Marines raising ...

Let’s backtrack… In 1914, Britain had the largest navy in the world, but Germany wanted one that would rival it. In the lead up to the war, Germany and Britain raced to build the most ships ...