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|Description={{en|1=Excerpt from letter of Admiral {{w|Raymond A. Spruance|Raymond Ames Spruance}}, {{w|United States Navy|U.S. Navy}}, to his wife, Margaret Spruance, March 13, 1945. Admiral Spruance wrote this letter during {{w|World War II}} regarding the historic "{{w|Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima}}" photograph by {{w|Joe Rosenthal}}. This framed excerpt is located at the model of the Marine Corps War Memorial at the {{w|Naval War College}}, {{w|Newport, Rhode Island|Newport}}, {{w|Rhode Island}}.}} The text of the letter is: ''A couple of days ago ? I sent you rolled up in a mailbag the finest photograph this war has given us up-to-date. It is the Marines raising the U.S. flag on top of Suribachi. When we settle down, I want [to] have this picture framed. Some first class scultpore should do this in bronze, it is so perfect. ''
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|Description={{en|1=Excerpt from letter of Admiral {{w|Raymond A. Spruance|Raymond Ames Spruance}}, {{w|United States Navy|U.S. Navy}}, to his wife, Margaret Spruance, March 13, 1945. Admiral Spruance wrote this letter during {{w|World War II}} regarding the historic "{{w|Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima}}" photograph by {{w|Joe Rosenthal}}. This framed excerpt is located at the model of the Marine Corps War Memorial at the {{w|Naval War College}}, {{w|Newport, Rhode Island|Newport}}, {{w|Rhode Island}}.}} The text of the letter is: ''A couple of days ago ? I sent you rolled up in a mailing tube the finest photograph this war has given us up-to-date. It is the Marines raising the U.S. flag on top of Suribachi. When we settle down, I want [to] have this picture framed. Some first class scultpore should do this in bronze, it is so perfect. ''

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|Author=Leonard J. DeFrancisci

|Author=Leonard J. DeFrancisci

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