This Week in History: Flag Raising on Iwo Jima

Originally Posted on The Beacon via UWIRE

On a small Japanese island on Feb. 23, 1945, a group of five United States marines and one Navy corpsman raised a flag, and in doing so, motivated their comrades to fight on in an iconic battle that would forever be marked in history. During World War II, American forces sought to further their advances […]

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