SANDY KOZEL
During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of
Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and
raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and
recorded the event.
Louis R. "Lou" Lowery (July 24, 1916 – April 15, 1987)
SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1945, the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division of
the U.S. Marines reached the top of Mount Surabachi. A photograph
of these Marines raising the American flag was taken by American
photographer Joe Rosenthal. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his
iconic World War ll photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. it
became one of the best-known photos of the war and was actually
the second flag raised on that day in 1945.
U.S. Marines with the first flag raised on Iwo
Jima.The smaller flag was replaced with a
larger one (below). These photos were by
Navy photographer Louis Lowery.
Photographer Joe Rosenthal, left, takes a group shot (below)
of U.S. Marines after raising the flag atop Mt. Suribachi on Iwo
Jima.
Joseph John Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006)
SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1945, the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division of
the U.S. Marines reached the top of Mount Surabachi. A photograph
of these Marines raising the American flag was taken by Associated
Press photographer Joe Rosenthal (below).
Joe Rosenthal poses on top of Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
Joseph John Rosenthal
(October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006)
During the Persian Gulf War on this day in 1991, ground forces
crossed the border of Saudi Arabia into the country of Iraq. Less
than four days later the war was over due to the surrender or
withdraw of Iraqi forces.
Iraqi troops emerge from heavily protected bunker to surrender
to gun-toting Saudi soldiers.
Scottish scientists cloned the first mammal, a sheep
called “Dolly”.
From left: The comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
At the Staples Center in Los Angeles on this day in 2000, Carlos
Santana received a record-tying eight Grammy’s. Michael Jackson
set the record back in 1984 when he won awards for "Thriller."
ROSS SIMPSON
The "St. Valentine’s Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL. on
this day in 1929. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone
(below) were killed.
A re-enactment of the St. Valentine’s Day massacre.
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947)
On this day in 1989, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims
to kill author Salman Rushdie (below).
Salman Rushdie’s fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was
the center of a major controversy, provoking protests from
Muslims in several countries.
On this day in 2002, former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic began his defense against war crimes charges.
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Dolly died on this day in 2003.
Dolly the Sheep is now a stuffed specimen, standing inside a glass
showcase at the National Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland.
