The Marine Corps has updated its official records to correct the identities of two Marines who raised the first flag over Mt. Suribachi.
Earlier this year, a board looked at the iconic photo of the second flag raising at Iwo Jima taken by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal and corrected the identity of one of the flag raisers who took part using new technology to analyze photographs.
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