Raising of the flag on Iwo Jima Joe Rosenthal – Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima ============================================ Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an historic photograph taken on February 23‚ 1945‚ by Joe Rosenthal. It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. It became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year as its
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Iwo Jima The year was 1945‚ and the war was winding down. The US was working on rooting out Japan and ending the war. Because they were dealing with an island country‚ they had to find a way to get at them without flying long distances. Japan was trying to defend their land while still waging war on other countries. Iwo Jima‚ a small island about 650 miles away from Tokyo on Japanese soil‚ was needed by the US forces to end the war. Both countries were determined to fight long and hard
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to stand in for larger discourses (such as Nation‚ race‚ gender‚ or protest) and are visual vocabulary for articulating these larger discourses” (Light). Additionally‚ according to‚ “Performing Civic Identity: The Iconic Photograph of the Flag Raising on Iwo Jima” by Robert Hariman and John Louis Lucaites‚ “Iconic images are widely recognized as representations of significant historical events‚ activate strong emotional response‚ and are reproduced across a range of media‚ genres or topics” (363)
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Name: Date: The Battle of Iwo Jima The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle where the United States armed forces fought for the island of Iwo Jima for the Japanese Empire. This month long battle lasted from February 19 till March 26‚ 1945 and included some of the bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific and World War II. The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified. However the Americans on the ground had the U.S. Navy as well as the Marine Corps.
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the invasions of European and African states and the control of Asia. Concluding this war was the fall of Nazi Germany and the surrender of Japan in the summer of 1945. In the multitude of campaigns‚ the Battle of Iwo Jima had been part of the last Phases of the Second World War. Iwo Jima is a Japanese island located in the western part of the Pacific and lies approximately 760 miles to the south of Tokyo and roughly 575 miles from the Japanese cost.
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Unit: Book Title: Flags of Our Fathers Author: James Bradley Why I chose this book: From the moment I set foot on the yellow footprints at MCRD‚ Parris Island I’ve heard Marines talk about the raising of the Flag at Iwo Jima. It inspired me to know more about the Marines who have served and fallen before me. In my eyes‚ this was one of the greatest moments in the Marine Corps history. These are a few reason why I chose to read this book‚ Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley.
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Memories of Flags and of Our Fathers In James Bradley’s bestselling book Flags Of Our Fathers‚ Bradley pays homage to his late father John Henry Bradley. John (also nicknamed “Jack” and “Doc”)‚ was one of six men who raised the American Flag on top of Mount Suribachi during World War II. Mount Suribachi was located upon the small island of Iwo Jima‚ Japan. The photo of these heroic flagraisers quickly “became the most recognized‚ the most reproduced‚ in the history of photography
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peace. Throughout history this has been the case with each war. However‚ it’s the images shown after war that I find most moving. The image of the five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising an American flag above the rubble of the Battle of Iwo Jima is one of the most powerful images I’ve seen. Iwo Jima was a battle that was fought from February 19‚ 1945 until March 26‚ 1945. America was attempting to capture the island from Japanese forces due to its two air bases and its close vicinity to the main
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The Iwo Jima Memorial (also known as the U. S. Marine Corps War Memorial) is a military memorial statue outside the walls of the Arlington National Cemetery and next to the Netherlands Carillon‚ in Arlington‚ Virginia‚ in the United States. The memorial is dedicated to all personnel of the United States Marine Corps who have died in the defense of their country since 1775. Felix de Weldon designed the massive sculpture which was based on the iconic photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima‚ taken during
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many women to go and work. You then turn and see a navy soldier kissing a nurse. You remember hearing about Old Balint / People Behind / 2 Glory being raised on Iwo Jima. This is one day that you will forever have engrained in your mind. The posters of Uncle Sam and Rosie the Riveter‚ along with the photos of the Flag Raising on Iwo Jima and the Kissing on VJ Day have been remembered as some of the most famous
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