San Diego Sandinistas, silent Korean War vets, Dad involved at Hiroshima
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Source: sandiegoreader.com
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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