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First Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima

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"The First Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima", February 23, 1945.
Marines of the 28th Regiment, Fifth Marine Division, hoist the U.S. flag on a piece of pipe, at about 1020 Hrs. on 23 February 1945, after they had captured the summit of Mount Suribachi. This was some seventeen minutes before the famous flag-raising immortalized by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal.

Holding the flagpole are Sergeant H.O. Hansen, Platoon Sergeant E.I. Thomas, and First Lieutenant H.G. Schrier. In the foreground Private First Class J.R. Michaels stands guard with an M-1 Carbine. Corporal C.W. Lindberg is behind him. Photograph taken by Staff Sergeant Louis R. Lowery, USMC, staff photographer for "Leatherneck" magazine.

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