In response, officials decided the military needed to capture Iwo ... The most iconic of these shows six Marines raising the American flag, using their bodies to push the flagpole upright and ...
The flag raising lifted the spirits of the Marines on the island ... Meanwhile, as the Marines advanced, they sometimes came across the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers, whom they searched for ...
In one video, Zhang spoke about his military career, during which he participated in more than 7,700 flag-raising ceremonies. Curious netizens left comments asking why he had left the military. “ ...