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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 .
In later years, when asked about the photo, he would say "I took the picture; the Marines took Iwo Jima." [4] Rosenthal left the AP later in 1945 and became the chief photographer and manager of Times Wide World Photos. He later joined the San Francisco Chronicle. He worked there as a photographer for 35 years, before retiring in 1981. [4]
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Marine Corps on Thursday corrected the identity of a second man in the iconic photograph of U.S. forces raising an American flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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