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WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
The veteran said he had witnessed the raising of the United States flag at the end of the Battle ... "When I was in Okinawa, ...
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The raising of the flag over Iwo Jima - the story behind the photograph
In October 1944, Nimitz began rallying his troops for an Iwo Jima invasion— known as Operation Detachment— also planning an Okinawa invasion ... of that lofty flag-raising episode.” ...
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Sulfur Island
And the flag-raising was not a signal of victory ... notably in Berlin and on Okinawa. But it wasn't long before sensitive, intelligent nations evolved beyond such things—even if Hiroshima ...