Reply #8: The First or Second Raising of the flag?

[happyslug]

The picture is of the Second raising, The first raising was NOT photographed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima
http://www.iwojima.com/

Raising the Second flag as the first one is taken down (Military cutesy only one national flag can be flying atone time, so when the larger second one went up the first one came down).


Preparing the First Flag to be raised:


The firs flag raised (This is as close as you get to a picture of the FIRST Flag going up):


The above picture are from this site, of the leader of the FIRST Rasing:
http://www.ci.richfield.mn.us/Services/CableTV/Lindberg/Lindberg.htm