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A hat depicting the Iwo Jima flag raising rests on display at a memorial for U.S. Marine 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells in Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featuring in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Ill., moved with his family from Harding Township, N.J., to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder)