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Marine Corps Pfc. Ira Hayes, left, a Pima from Arizona, helped four fellow Marines and a Navy corpsman raise the second flag on Mount Suribachi, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. The service members are from left to right:Marine Corps Pfc. Ira Hayes, a member of the Pima Nation of Arizona, Franklin Sousley, Michael Strank (behind Sousley), John Bradley, Rene Gagnon (behind Bradley) and Harlon Block. National Archives photo
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Tags: American Indian Heritage Special, Native American History Month
Photo by: National Archives photo |  VIRIN: 171023-D-ZZ999-505.JPG
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