ROSENTHAL JOE (1911 2006) Flag Raising at Iwo Jima

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ROSENTHAL, JOE (1911-2006)
"Flag Raising at Iwo Jima." Silver print, 16 1/2x13 inches (41.9x33 cm.), with Rosenthal's signature and edition notations "81/300," in ink, on recto and the Life Gallery of Photography hand stamp on verso. 1945; printed 1995

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One of the most famous images in American history is Rosenthal's flag raising over Mt. Suribachi, which is memorialized in a Marine Corps Memorial in Washington, D.C. The battle on the island of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest of World War II, with over 25,000 casualties and 6,000 Marines killed in action.