What If the Marines Had Skipped Iwo Jima?
What would have happened if the U.S. hadn't sent men to take this small atoll, site of that iconic photo? Would it have cost the war?
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Raising the flag on Iwo Jima: Here's the story behind that iconic World War II photo
Raising the flag on Iwo Jima: Here's the story behind that iconic World War II photo All About History © Provided by Live Science Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal. On Feb. 23, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima (Feb. 19 to March 26), six Marines planted the U.S. flag at the summit of Mount Suribachi. The scene was photographed by journalist Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press and his image soon became famous around the world. What many people do not know is that this iconic photo actually shows the second flag to be raised on Iwo Jima that day.
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