Iwo

23 Feb 1945: During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island's highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American Marines fighting for control of Suribachi's slopes cheered the raising of the flag, and several hours later more Marines headed up to the crest with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated Press, met them along the way and recorded the raising of the second flag along with a motion-picture cameraman.

Thanks to Jim Homan for sharing.

Watch here:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1-xGKIn_cnM

Hill 327 Danang 197-71 at LZ BA Puglisi

The blast wall protects the office buildings from the helo rotor wash - Hill 327 Danang Vietnam.

More scoop about MASS-3 Vietnam at:     mass-3.blogspot.com/

The Blue Angels’ C-130 Hercules

The Blue Angels’ C-130 Hercules, affectionately known as "Fat Albert", flies over the Silent Drill
 Platoon on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona on March 4, 2014. The Marine Corps pilots
 who fly the C-130 must be aircraft commander qualified with at least 1,200 flight hours. 
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar L Olive IV/Released)
 
A larger, high-res version can be viewed or downloaded here:

http://www.defense.gov/dodcmsshare/WeekInPhotos/2014-03/hires_hires_140304-M-ZR832-618c.jpg