The First Flag Raisers on Iwo Jima

Betty Michels McMahon, daughter of Jimmy Michels, attended a Pillars of Honor program today in Forest Park, IL, in memory of her father, a man who had been part of the first group of marines to raise a flag on Iwo Jima.  She shared some photos of that momentous date which I now share with you.

For more about Jimmy Michels and the initial flag raising, please 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