The incredible story of the Marines who raised the American flag over Iwo Jima and the iconic photo that changed their lives forever. <a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Iwo-Ira-headshot.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Ira Hayes <a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Iwo-Rene-Gagnon.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Rene Gagnon <a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Iwo-Joe-Rosenthal.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Joe Rosenthal on Suribachi <a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Iwo-Bill-Genaust.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Bill Genaust, left, on Iwo Jima <a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Iwo-beach-wreckage.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Wreckage on Iwo Jima, Suribachi in the background <a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Iwo-first-flag-rasing.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>First flag raising <a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Iwo-flag-raising.webp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Second flag raising <a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Iwo-Gung-ho-photo.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>The Gung Ho photo

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Some Very Famous People You've Never Really Heard Of, Byte Sized Biographies of the famous, the infamous and the quirky in less than hour. Think of that doorstop sized bio or history related book that you will never read made accessible in an hour. These are people that you may think you know a lot about but really don't, remarkable human beings you have never heard of and incidents covered in new and different detail, all fascinating.