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U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima - Feb 23, 1945 - HISTORY.com
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During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American soldiers fighting for control of Suribachi’s slopes cheered the raising of the flag, and several hours later more Marines headed up to the crest with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated Press, met them along the way and recorded the raising of the second flag along with a Marine still photographer and a motion-picture cameraman.
During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American soldiers fighting for control of Suribachi’s slopes cheered the raising of the flag, and several hours later more Marines headed up to the crest with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated Press, met them along the way and recorded the raising of the second flag along with a Marine still photographer and a motion-picture cameraman.
U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima - Feb 23, 1945 - HISTORY.com
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Thanks for reminding us of the iconic event which may well be the most remembered picture of WWII SP5 Mark Kuzinski. Three Marines depicted in the photograph, Harlon Block, Franklin Sousley, and Michael Strank, were killed in action over the next few days. The three surviving flag-raisers were Marines Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, and Navy hospital corpsman John Bradley. The latter three became celebrities after their identifications in the photograph.
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Chuck Rutherford was a Marine Iwo vet who would come into our recruiting office weekly to chat. He had some intense stories about Iwo Jima. When he told his stories, you could see through his eyes that he was there on the island seeing it again. He saw the first flag raising from below the mountain.
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Here is what is sad. 90% of Americans don't know anything about this date and to me it is a symbol of all the men that died to take that island.
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