Iwo Jima Flag raising (70 years ago tommorow) (Ghost of history photo)

[USMC88-93]

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[USMC88-93]

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[wctriumph]

Brave men. My mother's brother was killed on Iwo Jima. My brother, keeper of the family history has the flag that was sent home with his effects. We unfolded it once and I remember my mother cried and hugged us. We folded it up again and that is the way it has remained ever since.