Rambling observations on books, history, movies, transit, obsolete technology, baseball, and anything else that crosses my mind.
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Raising the Flag on Mount Suribachi 75 Years -- February 23, 2020
Seventy-five years ago today, on 23-February-1945, during the month-long Battle of Iwo Jima, Marines raised our flag atop Mount Suribachi. I remember when Joe Rosenthal, who took this photo, worked for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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