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Men of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Division wade ashore at Green Beach, Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 22 Nov 1943
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"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years."

James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 February 1945

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