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-Land of the Free

75 years ago today the Iwo Jima flag raising photo was taken.

2020-02-25

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75 years today, AP photographer Joe Rosenthal captured what may be the most famous photograph of World War II: an image of six U.S. Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. https://t.co/KAttd29gXx pic.twitter.com/IWstrQh7Mn
— AP Images (@AP_Images) February 23, 2020

Posted by:3dc

#1 ...SecNav James Forrestal, aboard one of the command ships offshore with the USMC leadership, watched the flag going up through binoculars. According to legend, he said, "Gentlemen, that flag means a Marine Corps for the next five hundred years."

Mike

Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2020-02-25 04:25

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