# Is the photo of the Reichstag flag more famous than the Iwo Jima flag?

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**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-photo-of-the-reichstag-flag-more-famous-than-the-iwo-jima-flag/773480/100 "2016-12-05T19:06:09Z")

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> [@Algher](#):
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> My grandfather was on Macarthur’s staff …

Hey so was my Dad! But during the war, not so much the Occupation.

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