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  1. 02-23-2010 10:04 AM #1
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    65 years ago today

    I make this post in Honor of the men who fought and died 65 years ago today.
    JimF




    This is the first flag raising.


    This is the second flag raising.



    The flags from the first and second flag raisings are conserved in the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The second flag, pictured here, was damaged by the high winds at the peak of Suribachi.


    A carbine-equipped Marine on Iwo Jima, February 1945. An M8 grenade launcher is
    attached to the muzzle of his weapon.
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