First flag raising on Iwo Jima

Lowery, Louis, 1916-1987 First flag raising on Iwo Jima

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GLC#
GLC06361
Type
Images
Date
February 23, 1945
Author/Creator
Lowery, Louis, 1916-1987
Title
First flag raising on Iwo Jima
Place Written
Iwo Jima, Japan
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

Titled and signed on the image by Lowery. Depicts the flag fully raised, the flag-pole held by four G.I.'s, with an armed marine keeping watch in the foreground. Written at Mt. Suribachi.

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