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Flag ceremonies across the suburbs, country honor last request of Iwo Jima veteran
Elwood Woody Hughes daughter, Emily Hughes of Round Lake Beach, sitting, and granddaughter Ashley Richardson of Rolling Meadows attended Tuesday s ceremony. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Trevor Baker, Sgt. Aaron Alexander Gibbs and Staff Sgt. Christopher Carranza raise the flag Tuesday at Maine West High School in Des Plaines to honor Elwood Woody Hughes and mark the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer Hughes was a former Maine West High teacher and coach. Courtesy of Mike Huttner ....
Schools, others to honor Iwo Jima veteran s last request to raise the flag on Tuesday Woody Hughes, a Marine who was witness to the historic flag-raising at Iwo Jima, asked schoolchildren and citizens to raise flags next Tuesday, on the 76th anniversary of the iconic event. Courtesy of Rich Witt Elwood Woody Hughes served in the Marines from 1943 to 1946, during which time he witnessed the historic flag-raising at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Courtesy of Rich Witt Elwood Woody Hughes, a former Maine West High School teacher and coach and Iwo Jima veteran, died Feb. 2 at the age of 95. Courtesy of Mike Huttner ....