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Private First Class James R. Michels (January 18, 1918 – January 17, 1982) was a former United States Marine who was part of the combat patrol that climbed up Mount Suribachi and raised the first American flag, during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, on February 23, 1945.〔On February 23, 1945, the American flag was raised twice on Mount Suribachi. The smaller first flag was raised in the morning and captured on film by U.S. Marine photographer Staff Sergeant Louis R. Lowery. The iconic second flag raising occurred around noon and was captured on film by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal. See Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.〕 ==Biography== James Michels was born in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, in 1918. Michels joined the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He took part in the Battle of Iwo Jima which began on February 19, 1945. On February 23, 1945, while serving with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, he was part of a 40-man combat patrol that climbed Mount Suribachi to help capture the summit and raise the American flag to signal the mountain was captured. He was immortalized in SSgt. Lou Lowery's photograph of the first American flag raising over Iwo Jima. He returned to and lived in Riverside, Illinois after the war. He died there on January 17, 1982. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Michels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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