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Rosenthal, Joe, 1911-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1911 - 2006

biographical statement

Citation:
Wikipedia, via WWW, February 7 2014 (born October 9, 1911 in Washington, D.C.; interest in photography started during the Great Depression; was rejected by the U.S. Army as a photographer during World War II for poor eyesight; joined the Associated Press and followed the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater of Operations; won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for his photograph of five Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mt. Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima; died August 20, 2006).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232573698]
Identifier: MSS 8379
Scope and Contents

Material is a print from the original negative of Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of five Marines and one Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima during World War II on February 23, 1945.

Dates: 1945 February 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

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  • Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Photographs X

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