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February 23 – Flag Raising on Iwo Jima
by Darren Cole on February 23, 2011
Photograph of Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, 02/23/1945 (NWDNS-80-G-413988; ARC Identifier: 520748); General Photographic File of the Department of Navy, 1943 - 1958; General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1958; Record Group 80; National Archives. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=520748
On February 23, 1945, during the battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines raised a flag atop Mount Suribachi. It was taken down, and a second flag was raised. Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured this second flag-raising. Now part of U.S. Navy records, it is one of the most famous war photographs in U.S. history.
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Stephanie February 23, 2011 at 10:22 am
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