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"Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" || Photo by Joe Rosenthal - February 23 1945

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Posted by PhotoShare Profile 02/23/20 at 03:07PM History Photography See more by PhotoShare

This Iconic photo of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima was taken 75 years ago today.  It was later used for the construction of the Marine Corps War Memorial located in Arlington Ridge Park in 1954

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