Battle of Iwo Jima
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The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, and United States Army landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken on Mount Suribachi
Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
The battleship USS New York firing her 14 in (360 mm) main guns on the island, 16 February 1945 (D minus 3)
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Franklin Sousley
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Franklin Runyon Sousley was a United States Marine who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was one of the six marines who raised the second of two U.S. flags on top
Sousley in 1944
Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima
Marine Corps photo of the two flags on Mount Suribachi during the second flag-raising
Pfc. Sousley is fourth from left in Joe Rosenthal's "Gung Ho" photo