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Army National Military Cemeteries and Office of Army Cemeteries Executive Director Karen Durham-Aguilera, center right, walks with Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, center left, through Section 12 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Feb. 21, 2025. Fico was at ANC to visit the gravesite of U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Strank. Born in Slovakia, Strank immigrated to Pennsylvania with his parents as a child and enlisted in the Marines in 1939. He was one of six Marines depicted in A.P. photographer Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photograph, “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,” which inspired the Marine Corps War Memorial just north of Arlington National Cemetery. Taken in 1945, the image depicts Strank and other Marines raising the second U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Strank was killed in action just a week after this photo was taken. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
| Date Taken: | 02.20.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.21.2025 12:31 |
| Photo ID: | 8880516 |
| VIRIN: | 250221-A-IW468-6716 |
| Resolution: | 8113x5409 |
| Size: | 18.94 MB |
| Location: | ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, US |
| Web Views: | 69 |
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