American Flag Photo Ww2
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American flag photo ww2. This photo documents the second u s. Flag atop mount suribachi during the battle of iwo jima in the final stages of the pacific war the photograph taken by joe rosenthal of the associated press on february 23 1945 was first published in sunday newspapers two days later and reprinted in thousands of publications. Three of the six soldiers seen raising the flag in the famous rosenthal photo were killed. Raising the flag on iwo jima is an iconic photograph of six united states marines raising the u s.
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23 1945 during the battle of iwo jima. During the battle marines took an american flag to the. Marines of the 28th regiment 5th division raise the american flag atop mt. Choose from and download over 900 high quality images and pictures of the american flag and download for free.
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