Last original Iwo Jima flag-raiser dies at 82

The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Feb 5, 2008 16:17:26 EST

REDDING, Calif. — Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82.

Jacobs died Jan. 29 of natural causes at a Redding hospital, his daughter, Nancy Jacobs, told The Associated Press.

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