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Just curios on the whereabouts of the famous flags. Who has them, is it one person, a family or a musuem. And, where are they?

2007-03-17 19:37:56 · 4 answers · asked by Martin F 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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Both the first and second flags of Iwo Jima are at the National Museum of the Marine Corp at
18900 Jefferson Davis Highway
Triangle, VA 22172

"The Mount Suribachi Flags Located in the World War II Gallery
Perhaps the most important artifacts in the care of the National Museum of the Marine Corps are the pair of original American flags raised by the Marines on Mount Suribachi on 23 February 1945. The attack transport Missoula donated the smaller flag, raised by the Schrier Patrol on the summit. Landing Ship Tank (LST) 779, then unloading at Green Beach, donated the larger flag, raised later in the day and portrayed in the famed Joe Rosenthal’s photograph. Frayed by strong winds, the second flag flew from Suribachi for the balance of the battle for Iwo Jima.

To reduce exposure to harmful light, the two flags be displayed on a rotating basis. At all times, one of the two Mount Suribachi Flags will be on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps"

2007-03-17 23:41:36 · answer #1 · answered by ami.kawabata 3 · 0 1

The original flag is supposed to be enclosed "framed" and hanging in the Heritage (?) Museum at Marine Corp Base, Quantico, VA. I do not know the whereabouts of the 2nd flag.

2007-03-17 20:46:15 · answer #2 · answered by Serpico 13 3 · 1 0

They could be at the Smithsonian in Wash. D.C.

2007-03-17 19:46:00 · answer #3 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 0 0

museum.

2007-03-17 20:09:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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