23 February 1945 A.D. 1st LT Harold Schrier & 40 Marines, Co. Echo, 2/28, Secure Crest & Raise U.S. Flag Atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima

23 February 1945 A.D. 1st LT Harold Schrier & 40 Marines, Co. Echo, 2/28,  Secure Crest & Raise U.S. Flag Atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima


23 February 1945: Four days after the initial landings on Iwo Jima, 1stLt Harold G. Schrier led 40 men from Company E, 2d Battalion, 28th Marines, up Mt. Suribachi to secure the crest and raise the small American flag that battalion commander LtCol Chandler Johnson had given Schrier. Within an hour, the patrol reached the rim of the crater. After a short fire-fight with Japanese defenders emerging from several caves, the small American flag was attached to an iron pipe and raised over the island.

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