Description: "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines anda U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi. The photograph became an iconic image of the Allied victory that was reprinted in thousands of publications. Later, it became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its publication, and ultimately came to be regarded as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war, and possibly the most reproduced photograph of all time. Of the six men depicted in the picture, three (Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, and Michael Strank) did not survive the battle; the three survivors (John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, and Ira Hayes) became celebrities upon the publication of the photo. The picture was later used by Felix de Weldon to sculpt theUSMC War Memorial, located adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C. USMC 1972 - 1978 OOORAH! 0311s Rock! Semper Fi!! Check out my other listings!!
Price: 2.99 USD
Location: Columbus, Georgia
End Time: 2024-02-05T23:28:57.000Z
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Strike Type: Business
Mint Location: Kansas
Grade: Ungraded
Composition: Copper
