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Re: First American flag to fly on Kwajalein WWII
Posted by: MICHAEL HIGGINS (ID *****1829)	Date: December 19, 2007 at 11:02:04
In Reply to: First American flag to fly on Kwajalein WWII by Fred Danner	of 19312

I found this

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/xf-famo.html
The status of the island of Iwo Jima as part of the "Hoime islands" not withstanding; the first US flags raised or hoisted over pre-war Japanese territory and "home waters", occurred some months before at the Kwajalein Atoll. At sea, it was when the USS Phelps dropped anchor; ashore it was a flag raised by the 4th Division, 25 Regiment, 2nd Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps.

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