Photo Historical Photos

80 years ago today, six United States Marines raised the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War and were captured on film by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945

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"No problems here, don't mind us, just a bunch of naked dudes walking around casually, pointing at things in the sky" lol

Sometimes I really want to know the narratives, contexts, back stories behind some of these pics...thanks for posting