Wednesday, February 24, 2016

IWO JIMA PHOTOGRAPH


My dad was a Public Information officer on Admiral Nimitz's staff when the Iwo Jima photograph came in. Everyone recognized it as an important photo as soon as they saw it. Just about everyone in the office wanted a copy. I have the one my dad got, made from the original negative.
Tuesday marks 71 years since Joe Rosenthal captured the iconic picture of five U.S. Marines and a Navy sailor raising an American flag over Iwo Jima.
CNN.COM|BY THOM PATTERSON

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