THE WEEK IN HISTORY

March 26, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima ends with US victory On March 26, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II (1939–1945) ended with a US victory. US troops had been fighting against the Imperial Japanese Army for five weeks on the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean. A photo by Joe Rosenthal of US soldiers raising the American flag there won a Pulitzer Prize (top journalism award) and inspired the Marine Corps War Memorial in Virginia.…

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