Michael Strank
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Michael Strank was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was one of the Marines who raised the second U.S. flag on Mount Suri
Michael Strank, U.S. Marine Corps in 1939
Members of the 3rd Marine Raiders in front of a captured Japanese dugout on Cape Torokina at Bougainville.
Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima
Marine Corps photo of the two flags on Mount Suribachi
Ernest Ivy Thomas Jr.
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Ernest Ivy "Boots" Thomas Jr. was a United States Marine Corps platoon sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary
Platoon Sergeant Ernest Thomas (foreground, facing front) after he helped raise the flag on Mount Suribachi
Staff Sergeant Lou Lowery's most widely circulated image of the first American flag flown on Mount Suribachi. Left to right: 1st. Lt. Harold G. Schrier (left side of radioman), Pfc. Raymond Jacobs (radioman), Sgt. Henry Hansen (soft cap, holding flagstaff), Pvt. Phil Ward (holding lower flagstaff), Plt. Sgt. Thomas (seated), PhM2c. John Bradley, USN (holding flagstaff above Ward), Pfc. James Michels (holding M1 carbine), and Cpl. Charles W. Lindberg (standing above Michels).