An iconic photo of U-S Marines raising the flag on the island of Iwo Jima has already inspired a best selling book and a movie.Now the Fox Valley Symphony is debuting an orchestral work inspired–in part–by a hometown boy who fought in the South Pacific during World War Two…but remained silent about his place in history.Patty Murray reports…
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