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Iwo Jima Marine Flag Raising

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Feb. 23, 1945 | 0:21

U.S. Marines raising American flag on Mount Suribachi, Japan during the Island Hopping Campaign of World War II. Shot by Marine photographer Bill Genaust, February 23, 1945. To the Shores of Iwo Jima. ID#:MN5124 / MN5124-T1-48_472609. BC#: 152382.

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