The photo of the first US flag raising at Iwo Jima. The more famous photo happened shortly afterwards, as US navy secretary James Forrestal wished to have the flag as a souvenir.
After being captured, Imperial Japanese Army soldiers receive K rations from U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima.
February, 1945.
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