| Marines ofThird Platoon of Company E, Second Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, Fifth Marine Division, affixes flag to twenty-foot water pole found in crater of Mount Suribachi prior to raising the first flag over Iwo Jima. First Lieutenant Harold George Schrier (October 17, 1916 – June 3, 1971), Platoon Sergeant Ernest Ivy (“Boots“) Thomas, Jr. (March 10, 1924 ‚Äî March 3, 1945), Henry Oliver (“Hank“) Hansen (December 14, 1919 – March 1, 1945), and Corporal Charles W. Lindberg (June 26, 1920 – June 24, 2007) unfold the 54 x 28 inch flag, obtained from attack transport USS Missoula (APA-211), and raised at 1020 Hours. | |
| Image Filename | wwii1168.jpg |
| Image Size | 1.20 MB |
| Image Dimensions | 2859 x 2496 |
| Photographer | Lowery, Lou |
| Photographer Title | United States Marine Corps, Leatherneck Magazine |
| Caption Author | Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | 1945-02-23T12:00 |
| Location | Mount Suribachi |
| City | Iwo Jima |
| State or Province | Tokyo Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Archive | United States Marine Corps |
| Record Number | |
| Status | Caption ©2014, ©2024 MFA Productions LLC Image in the Public Domain |
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