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23 February 1945
dpmule
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Thank you and RIP Men of the Greatest Generation.
Mule
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Lot of great people gave all or most to keep this country and others free
I have nothing but respect to all of them
No way to prove it
one of my oldest sons buddies grandfather told his family he was there and even ask if he wanted in the photo
But declined and stayed with his MG and had to use it to fight off another attack in short order
I can't imagine anyone lying about it
Amen
After looking at this photograph secretary of the navy James Forrest said: “The raising of the flag on Suribachi means a marine corp. for the next 500 years”.
Absoutely!
We had a guy from Iowa who was one of the original flag-raisers and whenever he would mention it he was told to shut up. He didn't really care and just let it go. It stayed that way until 2019, when for some reason the Marines decided that he HAD been one of the flag raisers. Odd how that worked out. Now his town has a memorial for him.