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127-GW-319-A708068: Iwo Jima Operations, Flag Raising, February 1945

127-GW-319-A708068:   Iwo Jima Operations, February 1945.  U.S. Marines of First Lieutenant Harold G. Schrier’s patrol, Co. “E”, 2nd bn, 28th Marines, moments after raising the First Flag atop Mt. Suribachi.  Identifiable U.S. Marines are: Private First Class Gene M. Marshall, carrying radio and Sergeant Henry O. Hansen, immediately to the left of Private First Class, Marshall, wearing utility cover, with right hand on flag pole.   Photographed by Sergeant L.R. Lowery, February 23, 1945.   U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.   (2016/09/06).
Caption: Iwo Jima Operations, Flag Raising, February 1945. U.S. Marines of First Lieutenant Harold G. Schrier’s patrol, Co. “E”, 2nd bn, 28th Marines, moments after raising the First Flag atop Mt. Suribachi. Identifiable U.S. Marines are: Private First Class Gene M. Marshall, carrying radio and Sergeant Henry O. Hansen, immediately to the left of Private First Class, Marshall, wearing utility cover, with right hand on flag pole. Photographed by Sergeant L.R. Lowery, February 23, 1945. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/09/06).
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