joe rosenthal took the photo of the flag raising on iwo jima.
joe rosenthal took the photo of the flag raising on iwo jima.
who took the photo of the flag raising on iwo jima?
joe rosenthal
during the battle for iwo jima, photographer joe rosenthal took the famous photo "raising of the flag on iwo jima" of five marines and one navy corpsman raising the american flag on mount suribachi. secretary of the navy james forrestal, who had come ashore earlier that day to observe the progress of the troops, said of the flag raising on iwo jima, "...the raising of that flag on suribachi means a marine corps for the next five hundred years." the acts of the marines during the war added to their already significant popular reputation, and the marine corps war memorial adjacent to arlington national cemetery was dedicated in 1954.
history of the united states marine corps
bullet::::- battle of iwo jima, fought by the united states of america and the empire of japan in february and march 1945









































bullet::::- raising the flag on iwo jima, the events that led up to a photograph on february 23, 1945 of the second flag raising on iwo jima that won a pulitzer prize and became the inspiration for stamps, statues, and paintings









































bullet::::- usmc war memorial, also known as the iwo jima memorial









































section::::books.









































bullet::::- "iwo jima: legacy of valor", 1986 book by bill ross
iwo jima (disambiguation)