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participate in the first flag raising on 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.
It depicts the raising of the US flag on Mt. Suribachi, the highest point on Iwo Jima, during the battle to capture the island from Japan near the end of WW2. It is seen as a memorial to the Marines who died there.
The battle for Iwo Jima was fought between February 19th to March 26th, 1945.
The Marines raised the US flag on the top of Mt Suribachi in the Battle for Iwo Jima.
Iwo Jima
participate in the first flag raising on 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.
If you mean the raising of the flag as show by the statue in Arlington, Virginia, that would be the battle of Iwo Jima.
The WW2 Pacific battle for Iwo Jima is usually remembered by Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi .
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The flag raising & greatest (and bloodiest) battle in USMC history.
Iwo Jima..............
Iwo Jima
It depicts the raising of the US flag on Mt. Suribachi, the highest point on Iwo Jima, during the battle to capture the island from Japan near the end of WW2. It is seen as a memorial to the Marines who died there.
The late Joe Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 - August 20, 2006) .
Cochise and Geronimo should be considered. Ira Hayes at Iwo Jima's flag raising is a possible.