Margery Hop Wong last saw her older brother Sgt. Yuen Hop in 1943. He was a soldier missing in action, until researchers ...

O n Feb. 23, 1945, U.S. Marines raised an American flag atop a mountain on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during a battle in WWII. A photograph of the moment taken by Joe Rosenthal, which became ...

On an arm patch, you are looking at it differently, and when the soldier, or marine ... The Power and Politics of Flags," explains why American flags are reversed on military uniforms.

While reviewing some American flag etiquette recently ... as a time to place spring flowers on the graves of Civil War soldiers. By the end of the 19th century, ceremonies were held nationwide.

Several weeks earlier, the Palawan Massacre took place in the Philippines, where 139 American POWs were killed by Japanese ...