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U.S. Marines [of the Fifth Division] raise the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima
Photographer: Joe Rosenthal/ US Marine Corps (photo courtesy of the National Archives at College Park)
Taken: February 1945
Caption: U.S. Marines [of the Fifth Division] raise the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima
Additional Description: This is the photo upon which the memorial is based, as noted in the marker text. Worth asking is the question: how many people does the marker say are in the photo, and how many are actually in the photo and monument?
Submitted: December 22, 2018.
Database Locator Identification Number: p458026
File Size: 4.574 Megabytes

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