23 February 1945: U.S. Flag Raised on Iwo Jima
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
23 February 1945
Image source: Wikipedia / Joe Rosenthal / AP
23 February 1945
Image source: Wikipedia / Joe Rosenthal / AP
Via Wikipedia.
The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought between the United States and Imperial Japan during February and March of 1945, during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. As a result of the battle, the United States gained control of the island of Iwo Jima, and the airfields located there.
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a famous photograph taken on 23 February 1945 by Joe Rosenthal, which depicts five US Marines and one US Navy corpsman raising the Flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
posted by Fergie @ 2/22/2006 10:01:00 PM
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