The flag over the Iwo Jima Memorial flies at half staff.
The flag over the Iwo Jima Memorial flies at half staff 10/23/1986 in memory of the 241 servicemen killed in the 1983 truck bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
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World War II veteran Alan Wood, who played a supporting role in the famed flag-raising on Iwo Jima, was remembered Saturday at a memorial service in California.
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Hollywood film star and director Clint Eastwood says he has been trying to retire from acting for years, but every once in a while a role comes along that's irresistible.
