Iwo Jima

This is a picture was taken by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. In the picture there are six men; five of them are United States Marines and one is a US Navy corpsman. These men are putting up the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. This picture became so popular and it won the Pulizter Prize in Photography the same year that it was actually printed and released to the public.
My father, being an ex-marine (well, once a marine, always a marine) told me that this was one of the pictures that kept him motivated to fight for our country during the Persian Gulf War. I love this picture, and have seen this picture cemented and erected at Parris Island South Carolina at the Marine base in person.