WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — With veterans watching on, a bronze sculpture honoring the World War II battle of Iwo Jima was lifted ...

But the conquest of Iwo Jima, despite the famous flag-raising four days into the ... Rosenthal’s photo cast as a bronze statue. My father would go quiet. One hand stayed on the steering wheel.

Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an American flag, a moment that was captured by military photographers and later became an enduring symbol of the ...