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Michael Strank, American sergeant and flag raiser at the Battle of Iwo Jima (died 1945)
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Michael Strank
United States Marine Corps sergeant (1919–1945)
Michael Strank was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was one of the Marines who raised the second U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, as shown in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Iwo Jima
Major World War II battle in the Pacific Theater
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)