Meet 102-year-old retired Col. Dave Severance, the man who led the Marines that raised the flag on Iwo Jima
As I leaned in to shake retired Col. Dave Severance’s hand, the small white shapes polka-dotting his navy-blue tie came into clear relief as the iconic image of Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima. When we met in 2002, Severance was in his 80s and serving as the reviewing officer for a ceremony … Continued