In 2003 Buckley in Colorado was the first Air Force base to fly the U.S. flag raised on this Pacific mountain in 1945
Suribachi - Feb 23, 1945 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day, during the battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines raise the American flag 
atop ... Marine Regiment closed in and around the base of the volcanic mountain 
at the rate .... from the Union since Lincoln's election, the threat of civil war hung 
in the air.