Seventy-eight years ago today, US Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. This image by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal was later immortalized in Washington, DC's Iwo Jima monument, honoring the 6,800 Marines — including three of the flag-raisers — who eventually died taking the island.
"The Japanese fought to the death, with more than 18,000 fatalities, making the path ahead in the Pacific War abundantly clear and terrifying," The Globe & Mail reports. Have you ever wondered about Harry Truman's reasons for dropping the atomic bomb? That's why.
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