On Feb. 19, 1945, Joe Rosenthal waded ashore with a battalion of Marines in the attack on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.
They needed a safe haven. Iwo Jima, halfway between Tokyo and the Marianas, was ideal. American landing strips on Iwo Jima would not only provide emergency assistance, but could also be a base for ...
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San Francisco Names a Street For the Photographer Who Captured Marines Raising an American Flag at Iwo JimaJoe Rosenthal is famous for his Pulitzer Prize-winning image. But he spent most of his career photographing San Francisco, ...
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