ON this day in photos: February US raises flag over Iwo Jima. Joe Rosenthal took the wonderful picture as the U. Marines of the Regiment, Division, raised the American flag atop Mt. This picture won the Pulitzer Prize in
These brilliant collages by French creative Blick take a stand for pacifism that is at once powerful and funny. The artist took historic photos depicting
IWO JIMA-Private First Class Jack Thurman on Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945. Thurman was 19 years old when he landed on the island with the 5th Marine Division. Thurman was honorably discharged as a sergeant after the war and now lives in Longmont, Colo., Photo Courtesy of Jack Thurman, 2/23/1945 A crowd of 222 Marines and family listened as Jack Thurman gave his account of landing on Iwo Jima in 1945, standing on top of Mt. Suribachi with Ira Hayes and being in a famous photo taken by Joe…