Iwo Jima Flag Raising - Historic WWII Image & Significance #1692554 (License: Personal Use)

This illustration depicts the second flag-raising on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, immortalized in Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph. Six U.S. Marines-Harold Schultz, Franklin Sousley, Michael Strank, John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, and Ira Hayes-are shown planting the Stars and Stripes amid intense combat conditions. The scene represents both the tactical victory and the enduring spirit of unity and sacrifice in wartime.

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