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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue" —Admiral Chester W. Nimitz On February 23, 1945, U.S. Marines raised two American flags atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The first flag from the U.S.S Missoula was hoisted at approximately 10:30 a.m. on the length of the iron pipe by a Marine patrol that found the summit lightly defended. This moment provided a significant morale boost but did not mark the end of the battle, which would continue until M
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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue" —Admiral Chester W. Nimitz On February 23, 1945, U.S. Marines raised two American flags atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The first flag from the U.S.S Missoula was hoisted at approximately 10:30 a.m. on the length of the iron pipe by a Marine patrol that found the summit lightly defended. This moment provided a significant morale boost but did not mark the end of the battle, which would continue until M
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On Feb. 23, 1945, five days after the initial assault on the island of Iwo Jima, Marines took control of the high ground and planted a flag atop Mt. Suribachi. The flag raising didn’t signal the end of the fight on Iwo Jima, but it did motivate the Marines and corpsmen still flushing out an entrenched enemy force. Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams and Navajo Code Talker Thomas H. Begay recall what it was like to see the Stars and Stripes fly high over the island. “It was the grea
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