| This is the photograph, captured by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal, that became the image on the biggest-selling American postage stamp of all time. Marine Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian, helped raise that flag amidst untold carnage, and is memorialized in Peter LaFarge's poignant ballad. Hayes is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Besides Hayes, other marines helping raise the flag were Jack Bradley, Mike Strank, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, Rene Gagnon. See Flags of Our Fathers (James Bradley) |
