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THE UNKNOWN FLAG RAISER OF IWO JIMA - PREMIERES SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2016 AT 9 PM ET/PT

SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ REVEALS IDENTITY OF PREVIOUSLY UKNOWN MARINE PICTURED IN ICONIC WORLD WAR II PHOTO THE UNKNOWN FLAG RAISER OF IWO JIMA PREMIERES SUNDAY, JULY 3 AT 9 P.M. ET/PT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL  NEW YORK – JUNE 23, 2016 – For over 70 years, the iconic flag-raising photograph at Iwo Jima has been one of the most reproduced images in history, inspiring books, movies and the Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington, DC. In a new one-hour Smithsonian Channel special, the United States Marine Corps will confirm the identity of a previously unknown flag raiser on Iwo Jima. Forensic ev...