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Marines Raise Flag Over Iwo Jima

Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize winning photograph showing five United States Marines and a United States Navy corpsman raising the U.S. flag on 554 foot Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Three Marines depicted in the photograph, Harlon Block, Franklin Sousley, and Michael Strank, were killed in action over the next few days. The three surviving flag-raisers were Marines Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, and Navy corpsman John Bradley.

This "United News" Newsreels' historical footage produced by the U.S. Office of War Information / Overseas Operations Branch shows World War II scenes of the 5th Div. Marines advancing on Iwo Jima behind artillery, naval, and aerial bombardment ... and ending with the iconic raising of the American Flag on 554 foot Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 with the associated photo taken by Joe Rosenthal.

The Pulitzer Prize winning photograph depicts five United States Marines and a United States Navy corpsman raising the U.S. flag. Three Marines depicted in the photograph, Harlon Block, Franklin Sousley, and Michael Strank, were killed in action over the next few days. The three surviving flag-raisers were Marines Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, and Navy corpsman John Bradley.

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