Yes, DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes
In mid-March 2025, a claim circulated online that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) had removed one or more pages ...
Fact Check: Yes, DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes
In mid-March 2025, a claim circulated online that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) had removed one or more pages ...
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Look Back: 80th anniversary of the American flag raising on Iwo Jima
The patriotic picture of the flag raising was taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photograph. The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima is ...
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80 years since one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II
Keller died in 1979 from a heart attack, having never told his family of his role in the iconic picture ... with his camera equipment looking over Iwo Jima. Rosenthal was later award the Pulitzer ...
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Veterans celebrate the 80th anniversary of raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima
This is the most iconic picture known to us ... The park is a replica of the Iwo Jima monument. "Even after all these years, it does give me goosebumps," Flores said. He is not the only ...
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Defense Department says online content about Ira Hayes to be restored
The U.S. Department of Defense says it's restoring online content about a Pima Indian from Arizona seen in one of the most ...
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The Story Behind the World-Famous Photograph of U.S. Marines Raising the American Flag During the Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, a volcanic island about 660 miles south ... citations which have been made in connection with the flag-raising picture—in Congress, as the basis for the Seventh War Loan drive, as ...
Editorial: Trump administration’s clumsy attempt to whitewash military history sparks outcry
Webpages celebrating Jackie Robinson and other minority American service members were removed by an administration that ...