Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima [SEP] creator
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945 which depicts six United States Marines raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. The photograph was first published in Sunday newspapers on February 25, 1945. It was extremely popular and was reprinted in thousands of publications. Later, it became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its publication, and came
- Iōjima, Nagasaki, a former town in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Events.
- Battle of Iwo Jima, fought by the United States of America and the Empire of Japan in February and March 1945
- 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
- USMC War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial