Pictured during the first flag-raising on Mount Suribachi are, left to right, 1st Lt. Harold Schrier (kneeling behind radioman’s legs); Pfc. Raymond Jacobs (radioman reassigned from F Company); Sgt. Henry “Hank” Hansen (wearing cap, holding flagstaff with left hand); Platoon Sgt. Ernest “Boots” Thomas (seated); Pvt. Phil Ward (holding lower flagstaff with his right hand); PhM2c John Bradley, USN; Pfc. James Michels (holding M1 carbine); and Cpl. Charles W. Lindberg (standing above Michels).
U.S. MARINE CORPS IMAGE BY SSGT. LOUIS R. LOWERY