One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.

Joseph H. Alexander, World War II Commemorative Series, Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima (Washington, D.C.: Marine Corps Historical Center, 1994), p. 47 ...