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| In 1942, the first shelling of the U.S. mainland during World War II occurred
as a Japanese submarine fired on an oil refinery in Ellwood, Calif. In 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, and raised the American flag. A larger flag was then brought in to replace the first; the second flag-raising was captured in the famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal. In 1986, in his strongest message yet to embattled Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, President Reagan threatened to cut off U.S. military aid if Marcos used force against his opponents. |
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