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Today in History: February 23, Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima

Also on this date, golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured when his SUV crashed into a median and rolled over several times on a steep road in suburban Los Angeles

A black and white photo of Marines raising a U.S. flag in Iwo Jima, Japan during World War II
FILE – In this Feb 23, 1945 file photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a U.S. flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. Dave Severance, the Marine company commander whose troops planted the flag during World War II, a moment captured in one of the most iconic war photographs in history, has died. He was 102. Severance died Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at his home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)
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During World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American flags.

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