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A guidon displaying 5th MARDIV, Marine Division, 28th Marines is displayed in the foreground. The U.S. Flag incased in the background was the first flag raised by U.S. Marines on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945. The National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, VA, Feb. 19, 2010.

A guidon displaying 5th MARDIV, Marine Division, 28th Marines is displayed in the foreground. The U.S. Flag incased in the background was the first flag raised by U.S. Marines on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945. The National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, VA, Feb. 19, 2010.

A guidon displaying 5th MARDIV, Marine Division, 28th Marines is displayed in the foreground. The U.S. Flag incased in the background was the first flag raised by U.S. Marines on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945. The National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, VA, Feb. 19, 2010.

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