Hi, Ed, I’m calling about the trivia question that asked how many soldiers were used to raise the flag in that historic Iwo Jima photo. The answer is zero. It wasfive Marines and one Navy corpsman who raised the flag. The army was not on Iwo Jima. It was a completely Marine operation.

Semper Fi

You are correct, sir. Our apologies to all the Marines out there.—Ed. Note