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  2. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    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. Who Were the Marines Who Raised the Flag on Iwo Jima?

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    The image depicts the moment that six marines hoisted a large American flag on Iwo Jima’s highest point. It was actually the second American flag to be raised on Mount Suribachi that day. But, unlike the first, could be seen by all of the men fighting on the island.

  4. The Story Behind the Two Flag Raisings at the Battle of Iwo Jima

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    U.S. Marines raise a large American flag to replace a smaller flag first raised at the summit of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945. (U.S. Marine Corps)

  5. U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima | February 23, 1945 - HISTORY

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    During the Battle of Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 28th Regiment of the 5th Division raise the U.S. flag on the crest of Mount Suribachi.

  6. Raising the flag on Iwo Jima: Here's the story behind that iconic...

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    The iconic image of Marines raising the U.S. flag at the summit of Mount Suribachi was photographed during the Battle of Iwo Jima, in World War II.

  7. This is what happened to the Marines who raised the flag at Iwo ...

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    There were two flag raisings at Iwo Jima which sparked controversy until recently in 2019. The Marine Corps set things right with the help of private historians and the FBI to definitively answer the question of who was in the photo. First flag raising 1st Lt. Harold G. Schrier

  8. Marine Corps again corrects who was in iconic Iwo Jima...

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    The United States Marine Corps corrected the identity of another one of the six men raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi in an iconic photo taken during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 ...

  9. The True Story Behind ‘Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima’ - All That's...

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    Within months, Joe Rosenthal’s “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” won a Pulitzer Prize and was featured on a U.S. stamp. But for years afterward, rumors swirled that Rosenthal had staged the flag-raising to get the famous picture or that it otherwise wasn’t as candid as it appeared.

  10. Photograph of Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945

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    Joe Rosenthal’s photograph of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi at the southern tip of the island of Iwo Jima, taken on February 23, 1945, is among the most recognized images from World War II.

  11. It wasn’t until March, when that mission had been accomplished, that the U.S.’s Admiral Chester Nimitz supervised the official raising of an American flag at Suribachi.