The First Flag Raisers of Iwo Jima

More from Betty Michels McMahon, in memory of her father, Jimmy Michels, a marine who was one of the first flag raisers on Iwo Jima.

For more on Jimmy Michels and the first flag raising, see the following posts:

http://www.boysofwwii.blogspot.com/2011/04/letter-from-jimmy-michels.html

http://www.boysofwwii.blogspot.com/2011/04/two-flags-of-iwo-jima-i-met-him-in.html