Two days later, Williams would etch his own name in to World War II history bo oks when the flamethrower operator cleared the enemy from inside a previously impenetrable row of “pillbox” bunkers, thwart ing the U.S. The flag raising on Mount Suribachi would become the iconic image of World War I I. Only 5 -feet 6 -inches tall, Williams turned and craned his neck to see the Stars and Stripes flying atop Iwo Jima’s highest peak. Hershel “Woody” Williams stood with his back to Mount Suribachi when his fellow Marines in the 1 st Battalion, 21 st Marine Regiment, 3 rd Marine Division began firing their weapons in celebration.
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