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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:
______ Sgt. Michael Strank, USMC_______Cpl. Ira H. Hayes, USMC_________Cpl. Rene Gagnon, USMC
____________ 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!
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