Marines Raise the Flag: True then and True Now

Early on D plus 4 (February 23, 1945), men of companies E and F, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines,made it through battle debris to the top of Mt. Suribachi. They raised the first flag, to be followed four hours later by the more famous flag raising. On the beachhead below, thousands of Marines saw the tiny flag.




(Scanned page from "The Spearhead, the World War II History of the 5th Marine Division." Also,A few stamps from my collection)