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Men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10104 Author/Creator: Place Written: Iwo Jima, Japan Type: Photograph Date: May 11, 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; Order a Copy

One photograph of the U.S. servicemen who raised the flag at Iwo Jima - Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon, and John Bradley. Photo taken on May 11, 1945 in New York.

Hayes, Ira Hamilton, 1923-1955
Bradley, John Henry, 1923-1994
Gagnon, Rene Arthur, 1925-1979
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
American Indian History
Iwo Jima
Marines
Military
World War II
World War II

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