1945 | Asia - Iwo Jima![]() Joe Rosenthal, 1945, 23 Febuary (taken), The flag raising on Iwo Jima, "Soundphotos" (wire photos), Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc, | Joe Rosenthal takes the photograph of the Flag raising on Iwo Jima showing six marines putting up a large flag on Mount Suribachi. It quickly becomes one of the iconic American war photographs.
A feature film Flags of Our Fathers (2006) , directed by Clint Eastwood, retells the story. |