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2020-02-25 -Land of the Free

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

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Posted by 3dc 2020-02-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#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|| 2020-02-25 04:25|| Front Page Top

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