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- View and download Photograph of Flag Raising on Iwo Jima in the National Archives Catalog. This photograph is part of Record Group 80, General Records of the Department of the Navy, Series: General Photographic Files. Over 1,000 items from this series are available to view and download in the National Archives Catalog.
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, Hepburn: Iōtō no Seijōki) is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.
Feb 22, 2024 · In this Feb. 23, 1945, photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise an American flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)
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For 74 years, Keller had been misidentified as Cpl. Rene Gagon in the photograph until the Marines announced the correction earlier this month. Amateur historian Brent Westemeyer, a Johnston man who works for Wells Fargo, worked with Marine archivists and others to identify the error. "The Marines really dug into their archives and looked at some i...
But Harold Keller is a man Iowans should know. Keller was born in Brooklyn and, except for his war service, lived his entire life there. His father worked at a car dealership, and his mother worked at a grocery store. Keller delivered the Register and the defunct afternoon paper, the Tribune, as a boy. While a high school football player, Keller ea...
In less than eight months, Keller went from an 18-year-old from an Iowa town of about 1,400 to landing at Guadalcanal at the beginning of the Allied offensive in the Pacific. The battle lasted more than six months. Some 1,600 U.S. forces were killed, 4,200 were wounded, and several thousand died from tropical diseases. Keller fought at Midway Islan...
The worst of the war was yet to come for Keller. He landed on Iwo Jima at the base of Mount Suribachi. He was part of a 40-man platoon that earned 26 medals in 45 minutes — most of them Purple Hearts. Iwo Jima was home to a pair of critical airfields. Capturing the island gave Allied forces key launching points for attacks on the main Japanese isla...
Keller survived the war and returned home to his love, Ruby. The couple had three children — two boys and a girl. Keller went back to work for the phone company for a while and then took a job at a local creamery. When the creamery closed, he worked at an electrical equipment firm. Keller served as head of Brooklyn High School's athletic boosters, ...
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Jul 6, 2018 · English: Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal’s photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima is arguably the most famous news photograph in history. The original photo negative, which was taken Feb. 23, 1945, is preserved in the archives of the AP in New York.
Nov 16, 2019 · Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945, which depicts six United States Marines raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, in World War II. The photograph was first published in Sunday newspapers on February 25, 1945.
Feb 18, 2020 · On February 23, 1945, 33-year old AP photographer Joe Rosenthal captured what may be the most famous photograph of World War II: an image of six U.S. Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima.
