Thursday, February 23, 2012

A MARINE CORPS FOR THE NEXT 500 YEARS

"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years."  - James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy

February 23, 1945

* Semper Fidelis *

First Flag Raising

The famous Pulitzer Prize winning photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal was actually the second photograph taken.