Color footage of the flag raising on Iwo Jima by Sgt. Bill Genaust. Genaust was KIA 1,5 week later. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/hEHbpGxWxB

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On February 23, 1945, during the battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines raised a flag atop Mount Suribachi. Here is color footage of the raising taken by Sgt. Bill Genaust. Genaust was killed in action a week and a half later.

Video footage like this is remarkable. It always leaves me with a sense of awe of Americans during World War two and the sacrifices the Greatest Generation made.