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U.S. soldiers raised an American flag over Iwo Jima on this day in 1945
O n Feb. 23, 1945, U.S. Marines raised an American flag atop a mountain on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during a battle in WWII. A photograph of the moment taken by Joe Rosenthal, which became ...
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WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
The veteran said he had witnessed the raising of the United States flag at the end of the Battle ... to represent all the ...