Harold George Schrier (October 17, 1916 – June 3, 1971) was a United States Marine Corps career officer. A combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he was a recipient of the Navy Cross, the nation's second highest military award for valor. He is best known for being the Marine officer who led a 40-man patrol up to the top of Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, to capture it and to raise the first United States flag on Iwo Jima, on February 23, 1945.
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