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...luck of a sort that brought Pfc. Ira Hayes to the summit of Mt. Suribachi on the southern edge of battle-torn Iwo Jima as Associated Press Photographer Joe Rosenthal was setting up the dramatic photograph of Hayes, four fellow Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the U.S. flag. Everyone who saw it was stirred by the picture; it brought Rosenthai a Pulitzer Prize, was made into a postage stamp, finally became the model for a monument in Washington to the Marine dead of all wars. For Ira, the picture was a prelude to tragedy...
...messaged its plight to Ike's plane, security permitted only a cold response of "message received." The press plane limped into Wake Island for repairs. Ike went on to Iwo Jima, landed in time for an evening pilgrimage to the Marine Corps' famed battle monument on Mount Suribachi...
When the press contingent caught up with Ike in the morning, photographers begged him to repeat his trip to Suribachi. He agreed. On the way out, the official party transferred from a Chevrolet sedan to a jeep for the last steep part of the climb. Said Charlie Wilson, soon to resign as president of General Motors: "Why are we changing to the jeep?" Replied the driver: "That hill's too steep for the Chevrolet to make it." "Are you sure?" pressed Wilson. "I'm damned sure, sir," said the driver. When Wilson was gone, the G.I. snorted...
...Marine Division, will soon be en route to the Far East from San Diego. Craig, who will lead the Marine ground units last week placed under MacArthur's command, served ably in the Bougainville, Guam and Marianas campaigns during World War II, was decorated for capturing Mount Suribachi, the "roof of Iwo Jima...
...night they made Marine history, Carter and Harrell were riflemen of Company A of the 5th Division's 28th Marines-the regiment that planted the flags on Mt. Suribachi. It was March 2, long after Suribachi had been secured, and the 28th had moved into the line along the steep ravines of northern...