Posted on Feb 23, 2016
71 years ago, a relatively-unknown photographer took the most iconic war photograph of all time
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The raising of the US flag atop Mount Suribachi on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima 71 years ago is perhaps the most iconic image of World War Two.
No other picture so succinctly and evocatively captures the triumph of the Allied forces, while also highlighting the critical role that US troops played in the Pacific. The picture has also become one of the enduring symbols of the US Marine Corps.
No other picture so succinctly and evocatively captures the triumph of the Allied forces, while also highlighting the critical role that US troops played in the Pacific. The picture has also become one of the enduring symbols of the US Marine Corps.
71 years ago, a relatively-unknown photographer took the most iconic war photograph of all time
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This is a great photo memorializing this moment, let's not forget the price of raising this flag and making it possible to continue to raise it.
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SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT
CPT (Join to see) my dad was a Seabee in the South Pacific theater. This was Like many islands during the war.
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