The veteran said he had witnessed the raising of the United States flag at the end of the Battle ... "When I was in Okinawa, we had two kamikazes come in on us. We knocked one of them down ...

In October 1944, Nimitz began rallying his troops for an Iwo Jima invasion— known as Operation Detachment— also planning an Okinawa invasion ... of that lofty flag-raising episode.” ...

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 ...