The Tiny Island, Thirty-Six Days, and the Flag on the Mountain
From Turning Points: World History · 4:10
Show by Madin Misan
A tiny volcanic island, thirty-six days of fighting — and a flag raised on Mount Suribachi that the whole world saw. In February 1945, seventy thousand Marines landed on eight square miles of volcanic rock, and the battle that was supposed to last five days became the bloodiest in Marine Corps history.
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