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Raising the flag at U.S. Embassy Havana

August 13, 2015 | 8:04 PM GMT
On Jan. 4, 1961, U.S. Marines Jim Tracy, F.W. "Mike" East and Larry C. Morris, assigned to U.S. Embassy Havana, lowered the American flag outside the U.S. Embassy for the last time. On Aug. 14, 2015, the three reunite and join Secretary of State John Kerry to reopen the U.S. Embassy in Havana.