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    Alan Wood Obituary

    Wood, then a 22 year old Naval Officer on the LST-779, provided the 37 square foot flag used in the second flag raising on Mt. Suribachi. Read a better account here at the LA Times:

    Alan Wood obituary: Source of Iwo Jima flag was 90 - Los Angeles Times
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