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Listen: The Folk ProgramErnest I. Thomas family - Tampa, Florida.
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Boots was a member of the 40 man patrol that planted the first American flag on top of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. The raising of a larger flag 4 hours later was immortalized by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal and used for the creation of the Iwo Jima sculpture near Arlington Cemetery in Virginia.
Accompanying note: "Martha Thornton Thomas holding Jean. Ernest holding Jean's twin Jack. Ernest I. 'Boots' Thomas, Jr. in front."
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