ARLINGTON, Va. — The United States Marine Corps has ordered the removal of the Confederate battle flag from all public displays within the entire force. The USMC made the declaration on Friday ...

Marine Corps Corporal Harold P. Keller is pictured, circa 1945, in a photo published in "Investigating Iwo: The Flag Raisings in Myth, Memory, & Esprit de Corps." Courtesy Kay Keller Maurer ...

But in January 1947, the Marine Corps announced the result of that first investigation: Harlon Block was in the photo, and Hank Hansen wasn’t. The surviving flag raisers signed new affidavits ...