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2. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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   Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.

3. Bellamy salute - Wikipedia

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   The inventor of the Bellamy salute was James B. Upham, junior partner and editor of The Youth's Companion. [2] Bellamy recalled that Upham, upon reading the pledge, came into the posture of the salute, snapped his heels together, and said, "Now up there is the flag; I come to salute; as I say 'I pledge allegiance to my flag', I stretch out my right hand and keep it raised while I say the ...

4. Flag planting - Wikipedia

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   World War II had multiple notable flag planting incidents, including those by American soldiers on Iwo Jima, [1] by Finnish soldiers on the Three-Country Cairn, [2] and by Soviet soldiers over the Reichstag. [3] The capture of Umm al-Rashrāsh (modern day Eilat) in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War was marked by the raising and planting of the Ink ...

5. Ira Hayes - Wikipedia

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   The raising of the second American flag on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, was immortalized by Associated Press combat photographer Joe Rosenthal and became an icon of the world war. On March 14, another American flag was officially raised up a flagpole by two Marines under the orders of Lieutenant General Holland Smith during a ceremony ...

6. List of U.S. general officers and flag officers killed in ...

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   This is a list of United States Armed Forces general officers and flag officers who were killed in World War II. The dates of death listed are from the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 to the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, when the United States was officially involved in World War II. Included are generals and admirals who ...

7. 13 versions of the US flag you've probably never seen - AOL

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   One of the most recognizable moments in American history was the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima during WWII. The moment was captured on camera by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal ...