Marines Plant Stars and Stripes Atop Mount Suribachi
Description
English: U. S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, Fifth Division, hoist an American flag atop Mt. Suribatchi, Iwo Jima volcano, after battling the Japanese to the top of the crater. Platoon Sgt. Earnest Ivy Thomas, aged 21 of Tallahassee, Fla. was the Marine who raised the flag, during the height of the Suribachi battle Friday. Thomas broke out the three-foot-long ensign while his company was under sniper fire. The small flag as supplanted soon by a larger one on a high staff which all members of the group helped to carry to Suribachi's 566-foot crest. Photo by Associated Press Photographer Joe Rosenthal on assignment with the wartime still picture pool.
Date
23 February 1945
date QS:P571,+1945-02-23T00:00:00Z/11
Notes
Associated Press Wirephoto radioed by Navy from Guam to San Francisco
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