61 years ago
U.S. FLAG ON IWO JIMA:
February 23, 1945
During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag.
More than 6,000 Americans died taking Iwo Jima, and some 17,000 were wounded.
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