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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.
The image depicts the moment that six marines hoisted a large American flag on Iwo Jima’s highest point. It was actually the second American flag to be raised on Mount Suribachi that day. But, unlike the first, could be seen by all of the men fighting on the island.
Joe Rosenthal missed the moment when United States Marines first raised the American flag over Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
February 23, 1945: During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi—the...
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...
Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima. When the first American flag went up on Mount Suribachi, the Japanese opened fire. The flag created a clear target for the soldiers who refused to cede Iwo Jima. As gunfire rained down on Mount Suribachi, Louis Lowery, a Marine photographer, dove for cover and broke his camera. And orders soon reached the Marines ...
Joe Rosenthal’s photograph of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi at the southern tip of the island of Iwo Jima, taken on February 23, 1945, is among the most recognized images from World War II.