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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: removed artifacts primarily in sky area, adjusted exposure slightly. The original can be viewed here: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, larger.jpeg: . Modifications made by Bammesk.
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File:Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, larger - edit1.jpg, Revised JPEG, edited This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons ( Featured pictures ) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here .
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Joseph John Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006) was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. [1]
Witty, like some others, compared it to Joe Rosenthal’s AP photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima in World War II — an image so memorable to so many that it inspired a ...
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