World War II
Joe Rosenthal on His Iconic Picture of Iwo Jima

Photographer Joe Rosenthal remembers taking the picture of the marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima. Continue reading

Battle of Iwo Jima
Letters From Iwo Jima: Private First Class Robert Hall Ayers

Below are exerpts from an e-mail received from the daughter of USMC PFC Robert Hall Ayers who served on Iwo Jima at the time of the invasion of the island in February 1945. "…My dad's unite [sic] was attached to the 5th Amphibious Corps during this assault. He has never … Continue reading

Vietnam War
Eddie Adams on his famous Vietnam execution photo

Eddie Adams, an American combat photographer and photojournalist, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken on a Saigon street on February 1, 1968. Continue reading