It was 1 mile long and two miles high. Sources: I was there
Its funny what a picture can do.
A lot.
some famouse boys who died o iwo jima were three of the six flag raisers. mike strank, Franklin sousley and harlon block
My grandfather was a Marnie on Iwa Jima, but he died ten years ago.
Harlon Block is the flag raiser that is trusting the flag pole into the ground. He is at the farthest to the right in the famous photo taken at Iwo Jima. He was killed by a mortar blast on the same day as the flag raising, on March 1, 1945. He was 20 years old.
The Battle of Iwa Jima
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Iwa Jima or okinawa im not sure actully.
A Japanese Pillbox is the dug out where they use to shoot from in WWII. They were very popular on Iwa Jima when the Americans invaded.
A second flag was raised on Iwo Jima because the original flag was not very large. Lt Colonel Johnson wanted a flag large enough to be seen by the seamen on the ships around Iwo Jima. The photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima was taken as the flags were exchanged.
Its Favorite Son was probably Benjamin Franklin who was not born there but adopted Philadelphia. There are others like Hap Arnold and Smedley Butler, and they were the home state of James Buchanan and Michael Strank who was an Iwo Jima flag raiser.