(WTNH) — Dignitaries from the federal government, military officials, and families of those killed in the World War II battle of Iwo Jima traveled ... The flag raising was captured in an iconic ...

Credit: AP Cram, who landed on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945, spent the first night in a foxhole ... Joe Rosenthal showing six Marines raising the U.S. flag over Mount Suribachi 80 years ago.

On Iwo Jima, the group climbed Mt. Suribachi - the scene of the flag raising by U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima - where the famous photo was taken during the battle. “They had a lot of old equipment on ...