Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

February 23, 1945 Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima On this day in 1945, five United States Marines and one Navy corpsman were photographed raising the flag of the United States atop Mt. Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima during the battle there. From http://www.humanevents.com/ And to think that I was just 8 years old then but I remember the celebrations in the streets of New York City as the war was winding down. They even hung effigies of Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo on the corner street light.

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