Ernest Ivy Thomas, Jr.
Military Person
1924 – 1945
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Who was Ernest Ivy Thomas, Jr.?
Ernest Ivy "Boots" Thomas, Jr. was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action on March 3, 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was one of the Marines who raised the first American flag on Mount Suribachi, on February 23, 1945. Thomas was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism at Mount Suribach on February 21, 1945.
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- Born
- Mar 10, 1924
Tampa - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Trine University
- Lived in
- Florida
- Died
- Mar 3, 1945
Iwo Jima
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on July 23, 2013
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