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Originally Posted by davidmash
I do not have time to look right now but I seem to recall there was something more tot he story about the flag it self. Some general or something wanted some special flag or something and peoples (GI's) lives were put at risk for this persons vanity or something. May be someone here knows what I am talking about. I'll see if I can find it later.
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IIRC, some general wanted the original flag, so they sent a platoon up their to get it, and they replaced it with a larger flag, and it was the second raising that was actually photographed.