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In this Feb 23, 1945 file photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. The Marine Corps said Monday, May 2, 2016, that it has begun investigating whether it mistakenly identified one of the men shown raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in one of the iconic images of World War II after two amateur history buffs began raising questions about the picture. (Associated Press)
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The going is hard in the volcanic sand as wounded Marines are held by fellow Marines, less seriously wounded, and Navy medical corpsmen bound for an aid station on Jan. 27, 1945, during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan. Around them is wrecked American equipment, on the beach and in the water. Four weeks of fighting for the little Island cost the Marines 25,851 casualties, of whom 5,931 were killed. (AP Photo)
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This is a Feb., 1945 photo of U.S. Marine Corps amtracs and trucks surging up onto the shore during the battle of Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II. (AP Photo)
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This is a Feb., 1945 photo of U.S. Marine Corps amtracs and medium tanks, blasted by Japanese artillery, after being bogged down in the soft black volcanic ash of Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II. (AP Photo)
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An amphibious Alligator tank is lowered over the side of a Navy ship to churn towards the shore of Iwo Jima, Japan on Feb. 19, 1945. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)
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Amtracs and trucks used by the “Fighting Fourth” Marine Division as it battled its way ashore at Iwo Jima, Japan, litter the black sands of the beach of D-Day on Feb. 19, 1945. First aid stations (background) were set up among the debris of wrecked and blasted Amtracs, landing barges, jeeps and trucks. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps)
