23. February 1945, Six marines He joined for what would become one of the most famous photographs in American history.
Marines fighting on Iwo Jimi scared Mount Suribachi and worked together on pushing the American flag, the moment captured by a military photographer, and later became a lasting symbol of the Allied Victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan World War II.
The Marinci initially attacked Iwo Jim on February 19, 1945, as part of the US HOP campaign in the Pacific, and it took four days to get a Suribachi summary, according to a report of the Ministry of Defense.
Members of the 5th Division of Marine Corps raise the American flag on the Suribachi Mountain during the Battle of Iwo Jime on February 2, 1945. (Joe Rosenthal/Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
“Taking a 554-meter hill was significant because it suppressed the fire of the Japanese who were excavated and had the main part of most of the island,” the DD report said.
The fighting continued on the island until March 26, resulting in an injury or death of about 27,000 marines and sailors.
Brutal struggles also led to the death of 21,000 Japanese soldiers, who defended the island through a series of caves, tunnels and pill boxes.
The postage stamp shows the marinas raising the American flag on the Suribachi Mountain on Iwo Jimi 1945 (reproductive photo Joe Rosenthal) (Deagostini/Getty Images)
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However, a photo of four days in battle remains a permanent picture, spreads quickly all over the world and becomes a powerful tool for employment and morality for the US government.
“The photo was the central place of the war connection poster, which helped raise $ 26 billion in 1945,” Pulitzer’s Pulitzer Ploce Prize on her online picture account.
Although the identity of men in the photo was the subject of decades of discussion, the latest research suggests that men are on the left of PFC. Ira Hayes, pfc. Harold Schultz, sgt. Michael party, pfc. Franklin Sousley, pfc. Harold Keller and CPL. Harlon block.
The war memorial of the American Marine Corps, which shows the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jimi, is seen in Arlington, Va, September 27, 2021. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Block, Sousley and the party were later killed during Fighting on Iwo Jim.
But the picture endured the test of time, duplicating everything from postage stamps to memorial memorials, north of the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
