Charles W. Lindberg – U.S. Marine – Iwo Jima – Autograph

Description

Charles W. Lindberg was a U.S. Marine who was part of the combat patrol that climbed Mount Suribachi and raised the first of two U.S. flags on the summit during the battle of Iwo Jima.

Fine S.P. 8 x 10 in. b/w, an image of Lindberg and his comrades who raised the first flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, signed in full and adding: ‘1st Flag Raiser, Iwo Jima Feb, 23, 1945 10:30 A.M.’

Of the 40 men in Lindberg’s platoon who mounted Suribachi, 36 would be killed or wounded in action for the island would be secured.