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Iwo Jima recalled through Marine veteran Peterson memories
Island-Hopping piece recounts the Iwo Jima battle as Marines seized Mt Suribachi and raised the flag. Peterson recalls Easter service atop the peak, the brutal inch-by-inch fighting, and the flag’s iconic photo by Joe Rosenthal. He later served on the U S S Augusta which carried Roosevelt and Churchill aboard.
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Japan
Iwo Jima
Montezuma
Tripoli
Mt. Suribachi
U.S
Joe Rosenthal
Peterson
Graves
Erskine
3Rd Marine
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Islands
Solomons
Mayers
9Th Regiment
Iwo
3Rd Marines
Naval Academy
Marines
U.S.S. Augusta
Churchill
Roosevelt