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| Keywords: US Navy 040707-N-8796S-054 Its U.S. military tradition for service members visiting Iwo Jima to carve their name in the soft sand stone rock formation, at the site of a carving, of the famous Mt. Suribachi flag raising.jpg en Iwo Jima Japan July 7 2004 Its U S military tradition for service members visiting Iwo Jima to carve their name in the soft sand stone rock formation at the site of a carving of the famous Mount Suribachi flag raising The 555-foot Mount Suribachi housed a seven-story interior structure used by the Japanese for stockpiling weapons ammo radios fuel and rations It was captured on February 23 1945 when seven Marines raised the American flag on the summit immortalized by photographer Joseph Rosenthal's famous photograph U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Timothy Smith RELEASED 2004-07-07 040707-N-8796S-054 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 15945 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Timothy Smith PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Iwo Jima Japan | ||||
