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Sixty-seven years ago today, photographer Joe Rosenthal trekked up a mountain alongside U.S. Marines and snapped this indelible scene on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Oddly enough, he had been rejected from military service for his poor eyesight, but today his vision is iconic.

BERLIN — It's an iconic image of World War II: Berlin has fallen and Soviet soldiers are hoisting the red flag over the Reichstag. What most people don't realize, however, is that the photograph isn't capturing the historic moment. Yevgeni Khaldei staged the scene on May 2, 1945 — three days after the Soviets captured Germany's parliament building. The picture is the centerpiece of an exhibit — "Yevgeni Khaldei — The Decisive Moment" — that bills itself as the first comprehensive retrospective of the photographer's World War II work. The show at Berlin's Gropius-Bau museum reveals the extent to which...

"On the morning of February 23, he saw the first U.S. flag go up on Suribachi's peak, followed shortly thereafter by the second, larger flag, the raising of which was immortalized at 1/400th second in Rosenthal's famous photograph. Akikusa's descriptions up to this point correspond completely to American accounts of the event. But what followed afterward appears to contradict the official U.S. Naval version of the battle. The following morning, as Akikusa relates in his book, "It was not the Stars & Stripes, but the Nissho-ki (Japanese Sun flag) that was waving. Even though the peak was the target of...

USS Iwo Jima - Sailors aboard the multipurpose, amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) paused to remember AP photographer Joe Rosenthal, who died Aug. 20 at the age of 94. Rosenthal’s photograph of the flag-raising atop Mt. Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 became the most famous image of World War II – an instantly recognizable symbol of the sacrifices made by American service members during the Pacific campaign. Rosenthal’s image, later immortalized by sculptor Felix DeWeldon as the U.S Marine Corps Memorial in Washington D.C., also serves as the official logo of LHD 7....

Today: August 21, 2006 at 3:20:29 PDT Pulitzer Prize Winner Joe Rosenthal Dies By JUSTIN M. NORTON ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of six World War II servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, died Sunday. He was 94.

Summary of the eRumor The originator of the email says he was on a trip to Washington DC. At the Iwo Jima memorial, he ran into the son of one of the men who is in the famous picture of six men raising the American flag on Iwo Jima, a Japanese controlled island in the Pacific that was the scene of bloody fighting during World War II. The Truth James Brady is a real person and, as described in the story, is the author of a book titled "Flags of Our Fathers." Although this is circulated as the story of...

"D + 4 on Iwo Jima was Friday,February 23,1945.At about 10:30 hours I was standing on the broad rim of the crater on top of Suribachi looking up at our colors snapping in the breeze. Suddenly something extraordinary happened.We could clearly hear cheering from the Marines in combat on the plain of Iwo below us.They had spotted the flag and as the word spread more Marines joined in cheering our flag crowning Suribachi some 500 feet above.Soon the boats along the landing beaches and the ships at sea joined in blowing horns and whistles.It was a remarkable moment in Marine...

For Pics, etc. see... http://www.sftt.org/ DefenseWatch "The Voice of the Grunt" 02-23-2005 Guest Column: History Overlooked Iwo Jima’s First Flag By Raymond Jacobs Both the U.S. Marine Corps Historical Center and Leatherneck magazine have published and continue to distribute incorrect information about the identities of the Marines present at the first flag-raising on Iwo Jima 60 years ago today. How this came about has its beginnings in the well-documented fact that the story and photographs of the first flag-raising were hushed up for many years on orders from the highest level of the Marine Corps. Most of the Marines and...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. Welcome to "Warrior Wednesday" Where the Freeper Foxhole introduces a different...

I want to respond to some of the things written in your recent exchange of correspondence with Gunny Gaines and Colonel Ford. The Lou Lowery letter.(attached)When it was first presented in the booklet prepared by Ray Fornof it was suggested to him that it was either a phony or a forgery.Now Colonel Ford writes that it was a standard letter sent to anyone who asked for a copy of his photo and claimed to have been on the patrol. When I wrote to Lou Lowery it was not to ask for pictures but rather to ask him for an explanation...

From : Doc666usmc@aol.com To : gunnyg@hotmail.com Subject : Congressional Record Date : Fri, 7 Mar 2003 02:47:08 EST U. S. House of Representatives HONORING THE COURAGE OF THE UNITED STATES MARINES, 5TH DIVISION, AT MOUNT SURIBACHI ON IWO JIMA, JAPAN. HONORABLE. ED CASE OF HAWAII IN THE U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, February 13, 2003 Mr. CASE: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the courage of the first United States Marines to scale the summit of the heavily defended Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima, Japan. Iwo Jima is a small rocky island only two miles wide and four...