The original flag raising used a length of pipe found nearby, described as being like a natural gas pipe. I have often wondered what a length of gas pipe was doing on top of Mount Suribachi.
The original flag pole was a length of water pipe. Water was piped up from the bottom of the mountain to the Japanese hiding inside the mountain.
The Marines raised the US flag on the top of Mt Suribachi in the Battle for Iwo Jima.
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.
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The American flag was raised atop Mount Suribachi, on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, on February 23, 1945.
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A flagpole
The Marines raised the US flag on the top of Mt Suribachi in the Battle for Iwo Jima.
The Iwo Jima flag picture is important only in that it was faked for publicity.
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.
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Iwo Jima
Mount Suribachi.
The American flag was raised atop Mount Suribachi, on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, on February 23, 1945.
The battle of Iwo Jima officially ended on March 25,1945.
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The WW2 Pacific battle for Iwo Jima is usually remembered by Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi .
February 23, 1945 dude