<p>From the Louis R. Lowery Collection (COLL/2575) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division<br>OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
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<ul><li>See this source for details: Robertson, Breanne, ed. (2019). <i>Investigating Iwo: The Flag Raisings in Myth, Memory, and Esprit de Corps</i> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/Investigating%20Iwo_WEB3.pdf">PDF</a>). Quantico, Virginia: Marine Corps History Division. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-16-095331-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-16-095331-6">ISBN 978-0-16-095331-6</a>. Photograph appears on page 210 (figure 12.8), and indicates that the original upload of this file, from Flickr, was flopped. Caption reads as follows: Marines and a Navy corpsman surround the makeshift flagpole as Cpl Charles Lindberg stomps the ground in preparation for the raising of the first flag on the summit. From left to right: Cpl Charles W. Lindberg, 1stLt Harold G. Schrier, PhM2c John H. Bradley, PltSgt Ernest I. Thomas Jr., Sgt Henry O. Hansen, and Pvt Philip L. Ward.</li></ul>
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usmcarchives/39709657904/">Preparing the flagpole atop Suribachi, February 1945</a>