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GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



Flag Raising on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 23Feb1945
As depicted at the Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia
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“The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next five hundred years.”
James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; 23 February 1945

"By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue."
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy
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THE FLAG-RAISERS:

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Sgt. Michael Strank, USMC_______Cpl. Ira H. Hayes, USMC_________Cpl. Rene Gagnon, USMC

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Cpl. Harlan Block, USMC______Pfc. Franklin Sousley, USMC_______PM/2 John Bradley, USN

Semper Fidelis to the gallant Marines and Corpsmen who fought their way to Victory and Everlasting Glory on Mt. Suribachi!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

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Luciano Pavarotti – M’appari Tutt’ Amor - Flowtow

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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)