Memorial services are conducted at an Iwo Jima cemetery on Feb. 20, 1947.B-29's soar overhead and the U.S. flag is at half staff in honor of those who died in the 1945 invasion of the then Japanese held island.(rudeerude)

Memorial services

Holding the original Iwo Jima flag shown in the flag-raising photo made by AP staffer Joe Rosenthal, from left to right: Pvt. Ira Hayes, U.S. Marine Corp.; pharmacist's mate John H. Bradley, U.S. Navy; Pvt. Rene Gagnon, U.S. Marine Corp. All three, seen in New York, May 11, 1945(rudeerude)

Surviving flag raisers

Two African-American US Marine Corps DUKW drivers joined in on the battle as riflemen after their DUKW was destroyed during the landing on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945. texag57