Photo #: NH 104270
Iwo Jima Operation, 1945
"Yanks Raise Flag on Suribachi"
"These three un-named Marines of the 28th Regiment, Fifth
Marine Dvision, carried their American flag to the top of Mount
Suribachi on Iwo Jima, and while the battle still raged on over
other parts of the blood stained island, they defiantly raised
Old Glory in the very faces of the still fighting Japs. This
picture was made by Staff Sergeant Louis R. Lowery,... staff
photographer for the USMC publication Leatherneck." (quoted
from the original caption released with this photograph on 26
February 1945).
This was the first U.S. flag raised on Mt. Suribachi, at about
1020 Hrs. on 23 February 1945, prior to the famous flag-raising
immortalized by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal.
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the "All
Hands" magazine collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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