It's because of that man we have one of American military history's greatest moments immortalized on film and then subsequently in monumental form. As we all know, some 60 years later this picture also became the inspiration of the firemen raising the flag at ground zero after 9-11.
There was Nothing Fauxtographic about this photographer, unlike some of the photographers stringing for the wire services today as we have recently learned.
There was Nothing Fauxtographic about this photographer, unlike some of the photographers stringing for the wire services today as we have recently learned.
Joe Rosenthal 1911-2006 / Photo was his fame -- his pride 'My Marines' / The image of flag going up on Iwo Jima was extraordinary: "(08-20) 23:27 PDT -- Retired Chronicle photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize and international acclaim for his soul-stirring picture of the World War II flag-raising on Iwo Jima, died Sunday in Novato.
Rosenthal, 94, retired from The Chronicle in 1981 after a distinguished 35-year career and many professional honors, but the flag-raising picture was his masterpiece for which he will always be remembered.
The Pulitzer Committee in 1945 described the photo as 'depicting one of the war's great moments,' a 'frozen flash of history.'
Rosenthal, born Oct. 9, 1911, in Washington, D.C., was found dead at about 10:45 a.m. in his bed at his home in the Atria Tamalpais Creek assisted living center.
He was a 33-year-old Associated Press photographer on Feb. 23, 1945, when he captured the black-and-white image of five battle-weary Marines and a Navy corpsman struggling to raise a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
He took the picture on the fifth day of the furious 36-day battle that left 6,621 American dead and 19,217 wounded. All but 1,083 of the 22,000 dug-in Japanese defenders were killed before the island was secured." full article
More On Mr Rosenthal's life here
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