Charles W. Lindberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles W. Lindberg
United States Marine
Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1920
Place of Birth: Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Date of Death: 24-Jun-2007
Profession: electrician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Charles W. Lindberg
- Charles W.
- "Chuck" Lindberg (June 26, 1920 – June 24, 2007) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who served in World War II.
- During the Battle of Iwo Jima, he helped place the first of two U.S.
- flags on top of Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945.
- Lindberg was one of the last surviving members of the 40-man patrol that climbed and captured Mount Suribachi. In 1954, the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, was modeled after the famous photograph of the second flag raising which had been generally portrayed since 1945 as the only flag-raising on Mount Suribachi.
- Although there were photographs taken of the first flag flying on Mount Suribachi and some which include Lindberg helping to tie the flag unto the flagstaff and standing beneath the flag after it was raised, there was no single photograph taken of Marines actually raising the first flag.
- The first flag flown over the southern end of Iwo Jima was regarded to be too small to be seen by all the American troops on the other side of the mountain, and it was replaced by a larger one.
- Lindberg spent decades trying to raise awareness of the first flag raising.
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