World War II: During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">Battle of Iwo Jima</a>, a group of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Marine">United States Marines</a> reach the top of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Suribachi" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mount Suribachi">Mount Suribachi</a> on the island and are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima" id="mw5Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima">photographed raising the American flag</a>.