Bidspirit auction | CHARLES W. LINDBERG AND IWO

CHARLES W. LINDBERG AND IWO JIMA VETERANS - (1920 - 2007) U.S. Marine who was part of the combat patrol that climbed Mount Suribachi and raised the first of two U.S. flags on the summit during the battle of Iwo Jima. Great S.P., 8 x 10 in. b/w, a contemporary reprint of Lindberg and his comrades who raised the first flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, signed in full and adding: '1st Flag Raiser, Iwo Jima Feb. 23, 1945. 10:30 AM'. The image is also boldly signed by JOHN KEITH WELLS (1922-2016) who was in charge of leading the assault on Mount Suribachi, JAMES 'CHICK' ROBESON (1926-2004), RAYMOND JACOBS (1926-2008), and RICHARD WHEELER (1922-2009), who later became a military historian and author. Fine. Of the 40 men in Lindberg’s platoon who mounted Suribachi, 36 would be killed or wounded in action for the island would be secured.