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V Amphibious Corps

An Iconic 20th Century Image

on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 19:25

On February 23, 1945 Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press took perhaps one of the most remembered pictures of World War II: the raising of the US Flag over Iwo Jima's most dominating physical feature - Mount Suribachi. Rosenthal's image was actually of the second flag raising. The first had been done earlier in the morning by men of the 5th Marine Division, but this second raising would be of a larger flag.  

All told five U.S. Marines and one U.S.