Flag Raising on Iwo Jima (Killed in Action, Mar. 10, 1945)-Methodist Cemetery, Ellettsville
Title
Flag Raising on Iwo Jima (Killed in Action, Mar. 10, 1945)-Methodist Cemetery, Ellettsville
Subject
Soldiers
Flags
World War II
Description
Clifton E. Taylor born 1924, died 1945. Killed in action at Iwo Jima. Montgomery listed in her ledger that this grave was in Spencer, but upon further research was found to be in Methodist Cemetery in Ellettsville. According to Taylor's obituary, he was the first man to take hold of the flag when the marines started to raise it on Mount Suribachi.
Creator
Montgomery, Pauline
Source
Pauline Montgomery Indiana tombstone photographs and records, Collection C386
Ledger pg. 91, entry no. 5
Publisher
Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Date
1962
Contributor
Meyer, Matthew
Morrison, Katherine
Rights
Copyright owner: Indiana University
Format
Photograph
Identifier
Donor image number 904A
Coverage
Methodist Cemetery, Ellettsville
Monroe County
Citation
Montgomery, Pauline, “Flag Raising on Iwo Jima (Killed in Action, Mar. 10, 1945)-Methodist Cemetery, Ellettsville,” Indiana University Archives Exhibits, accessed April 25, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/iubarchives/items/show/962.