Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)
Archive for February 23rd, 2023
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U.S. FLAG RAISED ON IWO JIMA IN 1945
Six United States Marines raised the American flag atop Mount
Suribachi amid horrific combat on Iwo Jima, the intense wartime
scene captured in perfect angle and frame by photographer
Joseph Rosenthal, on this day in history, Feb. 23, 1945.
Joseph John Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006)
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