Two flags were raised on the summit of Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, but one of those flags would be captured in a photograph and immortalized forever.
Two flags were raised on the summit of Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, but one of those flags would be captured in a photograph and immortalized forever.
But did you know that one of the Marines in the iconic photo was a man from Arizona? Ira Hayes was born at the Gila River Indian Community near Sacaton, Arizona.
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