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Marines Claim Territory on Iwo Jima

As Marines gained more territory, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, they raised American flags throughout the island:

AMERICAN FLAG FLYING AT NORTH END OF IWO. 5th Division Marines planted the colors on Hill 165 at Kitano Point 25 days after the flag raising on Suribachi.

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Credits

U.S. Marine Corps photo, from Iwo Jima:  Amphibious Epic, United States Marine Corps Historical Monograph, by Lt. Col. Whitman S. Bartley, USMC.

Image located in Chapter IX - "The Final Phase," at page 185.