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On February 23, 1945, during the battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines raised a flag atop Mount Suribachi. It was taken down, and a second flag was raised. Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured this second flag-raising. Now part of U.S. Navy records, it is one of the most famous war photographs in U.S. history. US Marines raise a second flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945. (Image: National Archives and Records Administration, WC 1221.) 23 February Marines Raise the United States flag on Mt. Suribach February 23, 2021

February 23, 1945, Marines Raise the Flag on Mount Suribachi Share This: Photos: USMC On  February 23, 1945, World War II was continuing to rage across the globe. In Europe, brutal winter fighting continued as Germany was being squeezed from two sides: in the west by the Americans and British, who had recovered from the German offensive during the Battle of the Bulge, and in the east by the Russians.  In the Pacific, the Japanese were putting up fanatical resistance in the Philippines and elsewhere. And a tiny, just eight-square-mile volcanic speck of an island called Iwo Jima would be the ...

The Alexandria Police Foundation was originally founded in 2002 to provide health insurance for retiring police K9 dogs. Under the leadership of Richard and Ginny Obranovich, the Police Foundation has grown to now sponsoring wide-ranging programs reaching into all parts of the community as well as working to enhance the effectiveness of Alexandria police officers. The Police Foundation supports a youth summer camp and sponsors activities to promote community-oriented policing, the 10-week Community Police Academy, Teen Law Enforcement Academy for kids 14-18 years old and a soccer program led ...