Link: Looking Back At Iconic Iwo Jima : The Picture Show : NPR

 

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.

U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945.

via Looking Back At Iconic Iwo Jima : The Picture Show : NPR.