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             "The flag was slowly 
            lowered while we all stood at a salute, taken off the rope without 
            it touching the ground and placed in a small bonfire started for 
            this purpose.  When the flag was completely burned, a white 
            sheet was raised in its place.   
            
            Nobody pulled down our flag that was flying from the
 topside flagpole. The photograph is re-enacted propaganda, pure bunk." 
            
            Val Gavito - Eyewitness 
            Account  
            
            For 
            more reading, refer to Val Gavito's article 
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