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Charles W. Lindberg, photographed in his Richfield, Minn home on May 25, 2004, holds the Silver Star he won for bravery during the battle for Iwo Jima in World War II. Lindberg, who died Sunday June 24, 2007, was the last survivor of the six U.S. Marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima. A second planting of the U.S. flag was immortalized in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Joe Rosenthal that became one of the signature photographs of the war.
20 posted on
06/25/2007 8:53:05 AM PDT by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Carry Daily. Apply Sparingly.)
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God bless this man, his family, and his legacy. Thanks to men who are better than I will ever be, my son will be able to live in a free country...
To: ButThreeLeftsDo; StarCMC
I’ve had some trouble reading “ Flags of our Fathers.” I got a bit mushy. I did watch the DVD of same and though it was a bit mushy as well, I managed to complete the viewing.
Ping....
55 posted on
06/25/2007 5:39:13 PM PDT by
Radix
(We wrestle with Powers, Principalities, and the against the forces of darkness in high places.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
“...was the last survivor of the six U.S. Marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima...”
Forgive me, but wasn’t it five Marines and a Navy Corpsman?
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