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A Mosquito bomber in flight over Britain, 30 Sep 1944African-American US Coast Guardsman Fireman 1st Class Charles Tyner displaying his helmet, damaged by large shrapnel during the invasion of Southern France, circa late 1944
A Mosquito bomber in flight over Britain, 30 Sep 1944African-American US Coast Guardsman Fireman 1st Class Charles Tyner displaying his helmet, damaged by large shrapnel during the invasion of Southern France, circa late 1944
Map showing Japanese defensive plan at PeleliuUS Marines on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944
Map showing Japanese defensive plan at PeleliuUS Marines on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944
US Marines waiting in their foxholes as others blast a Japanese held cave in the nearby hill, Peleliu, Palau Islands, late Sep or early Oct 1944USS Spearfish off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California near the end of her overhaul period, 30 Sep 1944. Photo 1 of 2.
US Marines waiting in their foxholes as others blast a Japanese held cave in the nearby hill, Peleliu, Palau Islands, late Sep or early Oct 1944USS Spearfish off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California near the end of her overhaul period, 30 Sep 1944. Photo 1 of 2.
USS Spearfish off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California near the end of her overhaul period, 30 Sep 1944. Photo 2 of 2.
USS Spearfish off Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California near the end of her overhaul period, 30 Sep 1944. Photo 2 of 2.


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"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years."

James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 Feb 1945


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