Closing In:
Marines in the
Seizure of Iwo Jima Marines in
World War II
Commemorative Series By Colonel Joseph H. Alexander
U.S. Marine Corps (Ret) Marines of Company E, 2d Battalion, 28th Marines, lower the first flag raised over Mount Suribachi, while other men raise a second flag which became the subject of Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal’s world-famous photograph. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 112718. A Marine flamethrower operator moves forward to assault a Japanese pillbox on Motoyama Airfield. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 111006.
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