[DOC] [TLE] Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Wikipedia [PAR] Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945
, by Joe ... Marines on the island described it as "a large, gray pork chop". ... 
Photographs of the first flag flown on Mt. Suribachi were taken by Staff Sgt. Louis 
R. .... Strank and Block were killed on March 1, six days after the flag-raising, 
Strank... [DOC] [TLE] Marines raise the flag on Mt. Suribachi - Feb 23, 1945 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day, during the battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines raise the American flag 
atop Mt. Suribachi, the highest point on the island of Iwo Jima and a ... By that 
evening, more than 550 Marines were dead and more than 1,800 were wounded. [DOC] [TLE] Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima (Suribachi) [PAR] But during one of the grace periods, the 3d Division's 21st Marines managed to ... 
28th Marines, linked up at Tobiishi Point at the southern tip of the island. ... There 
were two flags raised over Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, but not at the same time. 
... To begin with, early on the morning of 23 February 1945, four days after the... [DOC] [TLE] Iwo's Legacy | Marine Corps Association [PAR] During the first day alone--19 February--over 2,000 Marines fell, even though few 
had ... were already beyond official planning estimates, the seizure of Mt. 
Suribachi ... and what that battle means to the men who fought there and to the 
rest of us. ... bunkers witnessed over 28,000 U.S. combat casualties (about 6,800 
dead,... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Iwo Jima | HistoryNet [PAR] The only major battle in the Pacific War in which the U.S. Marines suffered ... in 
Chief Pacific, to prepare for the seizure of Iwo Jima early in the coming year. ... 
Mount Suribachi, dominating the island at 556 feet, eventually contained a .... 24 
Marine infantry battalion commanders engaged on Iwo Jima were killed or 
wounded. [DOC] [TLE] WWII Marine commander recalls wounds of Iwo Jima | The Altamont ... [PAR] Jul 31, 2013 ... The first flag to rise on Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima was not the 
... would be wounded or killed while fighting on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. ... 
26,000 American casualties; about 6,800 of those were killed in action. ... 23, 
1945, Berkman was wounded by mortar fire from an enemy counter... [DOC] [TLE] Iwo Marines visit depot [Archive] - Marine Corps - USMC Community ... [PAR] Feb 7, 2005 ... Nearly 7,000 Allied forces members were killed in action on Iwo. Although ..... 
Generals conferred over maps while tanks, airplanes, naval bombs and artillery 
pounded the island. ..... Minutes after raising the flag atop Mount Suribachi, 
Marines ..... 19, 1945; the island was declared secured on March 26, Iwo... [DOC] [TLE] Iwo Jima memories vivid after 60 years [Archive] - Marine Corps ... [PAR] Feb 18, 2004 ... Of the 19,000 plus Marines killed during ALL of WWII, 6,800, or about one in 
three, were killed on Iwo Jima. ... 19, 1945 -- the 78-year-old sees himself 
embarking on a new mission: Ensuring .... After days of a relentless onslaught by 
the Japanese, U.S. troops take Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima. [DOC] [TLE] 506th Fighter Group, 457 Fighter Squadron, 458 Fighter Squadron ... [PAR] Feb 12, 2006 ... The Marines captured the Japanese island in 1945 after a month-long ... In the 
wake of the American seizure of the Marshall Islands and ... The loss of the 
Marianas during the summer of 1944 greatly .... Pillboxes near the beaches north 
of Mount Suribachi were ..... May their supreme souls rest in peace. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Iwo Jima - Our Flag Still Waves [PAR] Jun 19, 2015 ... In the late winter of 1945, a tiny spec of an island in the Pacific ... for the 
protection of Iwo Jima better explains why so many died in its defense. ... of 
Marines, something that would be

Question: In early 1945, 6,800 Marines were killed while seizing Mount Suribachi & the rest of this island
Answer: Iwo Jima