Video: 'Iwo Jima Flag Raising on Mount Suribachi in Color'
(Friday, February 23, 1945, noon JST; during the Battle of Iwo Jima, part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — Five U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy Corpsman were photographed today raising an American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima (There were actually two flag-raisings this day, this was the second). Continue reading Marines raise American flag on Mt. Suribachi 70 years ago this hour (Feb 23 1945)