Hill Top, Fleming County, Kentucky

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Country United States County Fleming GNIS feature ID 494256 Local time Saturday 12:28 PM		State Kentucky Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) Elevation 274 m Area code 606

Weather 0°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 34% Humidity

Hill Top is an unincorporated community in Fleming County, Kentucky, United States. Hill Top is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 170 and Kentucky Route 1347, 7.1 miles (11.4 km) southwest of Flemingsburg.

Map of Hill Top, Kentucky 41041, USA

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Franklin Sousley, one of the men shown in the famous Joe Rosenthal Associated Press photograph of US Marines and Sailors raising the second US flag on Iwo Jima, was born in Hill Top on 19 September, 1925. He was killed in action on Iwo Jima after having been shot by a Japanese sniper on 21 March, 1945, about a month after the famous photograph was captured. He was only 19 years of age. His body was first interred on Iwo Jima, but was later returned home for his final interment on May 8, 1947, in Elizaville Cemetery.

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Map of Hill Top, Kentucky 41041, USA

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