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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a photograph of six United States Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War. Taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945, it was published in Sunday newspapers two days later, reprinted in thousands of publications, and won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Photography.

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Year Created
1945 1
Medium
Photograph 1
Location
Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima 1
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Genre
Photography 1
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Source Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Wikipedia)
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1. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Wikipedia)
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    Taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945, the photograph was published in Sunday newspapers two days later and reprinted in thousands of publications.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1 (medium)
    Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima 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.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1 (location)
    Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima 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.
  • Genre reference
    Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a photograph of six United States Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.
  • In Form: Photography
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