Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal. This photo documents the second U.S. flag to be planted atop Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Marine Pfc. Harold Schultz kept his participation in the Iwo Jima flag-raising photo a personal secret all his life. This is his story. Check out our latest YouTube videos.

Flag raising on Iwo Jima On Feb. 23, 1945, U.S. forces took Mount Suribachi and were photographed raising the American flag at the summit. The iconic photo won Rosenthal, the photographer, a ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima and the iconic flag-raising on Mount Suribachi are deeply embedded in both Marine Corps tradition and ...

The shot of U.S. Marines raising an American flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, has become a timeless symbol of valor and unity.

On this day in 1945, the American flag was raised at Iwo Jima to signal the capture of Mount Suribachi, the highest point on the island, by U.S. Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

It is the photo of “The Flag Raising of Iwo Jima.” In August 1958, on my way home from the Far East, I met the photographer of that iconic photo, Joe Rosenthal, at the Marine Memorial Club in ...

The flag raised atop Mount Suribachi. Back on the line the morning of the fifth day, Jessor looked at the opposite end of the island to see something in the distance atop Mount Suribachi, the dominant ...

This post has been updated to include additional images. Photographer Joe Rosenthal admitted that when he took a shot of five Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima’s Mt ...