In memory of our fallen soldiers, a story about the sculptor Flex de Welden and the creation of the Iwo Six Marines and one Navy corpsman hoisting the flag and planting it into the rocky volcanic ground on February 23, 1945. I had the privilege of spending a day with the internationally renowned sculptor, Felix de Weldon in Newport, Rhode Island, where he lived and had his studio many years ago; it comes to mind as Memorial Day approaches. Felix de Weldon’s sculpture of marines raising our fla