Free Essay: We have all seen the famous photograph; four Marines and one Navy Sailor raising the flag on Mt. Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima. This...
A photojournalist who captured one of the most enduring images of World War II — the U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima — had a block in downtown San Francisco named for him Thursday.Joe Rosenthal, who died in 2006 at age 94, was working ...
Part 15:Uncommon Valor: The 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (Digital Magazine) Hershel “Woody” Williams fought on Guam and Iwo Jima during World War II. On Iwo Jima, his actions during a single day of battle earned him the Medal of Honor, and today he is the l...
Rosenthal, who became a close friend with Lowery in the years after Iwo Jima, rejects this explanation. “I think that is a twist that has been put on by Sherrod,” Rosenthal said. He believes the source of the misunderstanding was his response to the question about his picture being posed...
“We commemorate our comrades, living and dead, who fought here with bravery and honor, and we pray together that our sacrifices on Iwo Jima will always be remembered and never be repeated.” A memorial bearing Adm. Chester W. Nimitz’s famous words, “Uncommon valor was a common virtue”...