Appealing group lot of five FDCs with cachets honoring the Marines or the Battles of Iwo Jima, each signed in ink or ballpoint by a notable figure from the triumphant flag-raising atop Mount Suribachi, including: "John H. Bradley, Ph. M 2/c" (2), "Rene A. Gagnon Cpl. U.S.M.C., Iwo Jima Flag Raiser," "Ira H. Hayes, Cpl. U.S.M.C., Iwo Jima Flag Raiser," and "Joe Rosenthal, AP Photog., Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945." The Hayes FDC bears a cachet honoring the Indian Centennial in Muskogee, Oklahoma; Hayes was a Pima Native American who was given the codename 'Chief Falling Cloud.' In overall fine condition.
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