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Caption | US Marines removing the first Mount Suribachi flag as the second flag was being raised, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945 ww2dbase | |||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Iwo Jima, Japan | |||||
Date | 23 Feb 1945 | |||||
Photographer | Lou Lowery | |||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Lou Lowery Collection | |||||
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Photos on Same Day | 23 Feb 1945 | |||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
Photo Size | 2,080 x 2,500 pixels |
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