23 February 1945 A.D. US Marines: D-Day Plus 3: Iwo Jima—Up Goes the Flag Atop Mt. Suribachi
23 February 1945 A.D. US Marines: D-Day Plus 3: Iwo Jima—Up Goes the Flag Atop Mt. Suribachi http://www.navy.mil/search/display_history.asp 1795 - The U.S. Navy Office of Purveyor of Supplies is established. 1919 - The first ship named for an enlisted man, USS Osmond Ingram (DD 255), is launched. 1944 - In an overnight raid, Task Force 58 planes bomb the Japanese at Saipan, Tinian, Rota and Guam in the first raid of the Mariana Islands. 1945 - Four days after landing on Iwo Jima, an invasion where uncommon valor was a common virtue, the United States flag is raised on Mt. Suribachi. 23 February 1945 A.D. U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi. Editors. “ 1945 – During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag.” This ...