The Story of Charles Lindberg and Mount Suribachi
Cpl. Lindberg, along with four other Marines raised the first flag over Iwo Jima on the morning of February 23, 1945. Lindberg is the last surviving flag-raiser from both raisings.  Members of the 3rd Platoon, 28th Regime, 5th Marine Division were given orders earlier that morning to climb and secure Mount Suribachi.  Lindberg, along with Lt. Harold Schrier, Platoon Sgt. Ernest Thomas, Sgt. Hank Hansen and Pvt. Louis Charlo, upon reaching the top, then erected a make-shift flagpole made of pipe to raise the first flag. After being honorably discharged from the Marines, Cpl. Lindberg met his wife Vi and moved to Richfield, MN, in 1952, where Cpl. Lindberg lived until his death in 2007, and where Vi still lives.

View Charles Lindberg Video
(Out & About in Richfield, February 2005)

Charles Lindberg Photo Gallery

Click here to read an account of the Battle of Anzio, as written by veteran Lawton B. Evans (3mb).

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