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February 23, 1945, Six Marines He joined what would become one of the most emblematic photos in American history.
The Marines fighting in Iwo Jima climbed Mount Suribachi and worked together to push an American flag, a moment captured by military photographers and then became a enduring symbol of the allied victory over Nazi Germany and imperial Japan in Second World War.
Initially, the Marines invaded Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, as part of the US Island jump campaign .
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The members of the 5th Division of the Marines Corps raise an American flag on Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. (Joe Rosenthal/Photo 12/Universal Images Group through Getty Images)
“The seizure of the 554 feet hill was significant, since it suppressed the fire of the Japanese who were excavated and had a main advantage of much of the island,” says the report of the Department of Defense.
The fighting continued on the island until March 26, which resulted in the injury or death of some 27,000 marines and sailors.
The brutal struggle also led to the death of 21,000 Japanese soldiers, which defended the island through a series of caves, tunnels and pills.
A postal stamp represents the Marines that raise the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima. (Joe Rosenthal reproduction photo) (Deagostini/Getty images)
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However, the four -day photo to the battle remains its lasting image, quickly spreading all over the world and becoming a powerful recruitment and moral tool for the United States government.
“The photo was the centerpiece of a war link poster that helped raise $ 26 billion in 1945,” wrote the Pulitzer Prize Board on his online image account.
While the identity of men in the photo has been the subject of decades of debate, the most recent research suggests that men are, from the left, PFC. IRA Hayes, PFC. Harold Schultz, Sergeant. Michael Strank, PFC. Franklin Sousley, PFC. Harold Keller and CPL. Harlon Block.
The Memorial of the War of the Marines of the United States, which represents the elevation of the US flag in Iwo Jima, is seen in Arlington, Virginia, on September 27, 2021. (Al Drago/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
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Block, Sousley and Strank were later killed during the Fighting in Iwo Jima.
But the image has endured the test of time, doubled in everything, from postal stamps to a monument north of the National Cemetery of Arlington in Arlington, Va.
