On this day in 1945, the American flag was raised at Iwo Jima to signal the capture of Mount Suribachi, the highest point on the island, by U.S. Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Flag raising on Iwo Jima On Feb. 23, 1945, U.S. forces took Mount Suribachi and were photographed raising the American flag at the summit. The iconic photo won Rosenthal, the photographer, a ...

Iconic Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Photo Turns 70. ... U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. Joe Rosenthal/AP Photo ...

It’s among the best-known photographs in American military history: six United States Marines raising an American flag over the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during World War II.

One of the six men long identified in an iconic World War II photograph showing the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima was actually not in the image, the Marine Corps announced Thursday ...

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal. This photo documents the second U.S. flag to be planted atop Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima on Feb. 23, 1945. The iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning photo was taken five days after the ...

The Famous Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Photo Captured an Authentic Moment—But Gave Many Americans a False Impression. 7 minute read. U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, ...

Joe Rosenthal, who took the iconic photo of six U.S. servicemen raising the flag over Iwo Jima in World War II, has died in California. He was 94. Rosenthal got his picture at the end of a bloody ...