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GI's raising the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi. Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945.
flipFlip to Marine Sergeant Michael Strank of Johnstown, PA, circa 1944.
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GIs raising the American flag at Iwo Jima

Credit: Library of Congress

Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's photograph of GIs raising the American flag at Iwo Jima is one of the most famous and enduring images in American history. One of the six young men raising the flag that day was Michael Strank, a Czech-born Marine sergeant from Johnstown, PA.

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