US Marines removing the first Mount Suribachi flag as the second flag was being raised, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945

Caption   US Marines removing the first Mount Suribachi flag as the second flag was being raised, Iwo Jima, Japan, 23 Feb 1945 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Lou Lowery Collection
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Photos on Same Day See all photos dated 23 Feb 1945
Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 8 Oct 2014

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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".



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