Two flags were raised on the summit of Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, but one of those flags would be captured in a photograph and immortalized forever.
Six United States Marines raised the American flag over Iwo Jima in World War II on this day in history, Feb. 23, 1945. Heroic photo of the moment still grips Americans.
Two flags were raised on the summit of Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, but one of those flags would be captured in a photograph and immortalized forever.
Two flags were raised on the summit of Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, but one of those flags would be captured in a photograph and immortalized forever.
Two flags were raised on the summit of Mount Suribachi in Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, but one of those flags would be captured in a photograph and immortalized forever.