 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mangwanani eChishanu, February 23, 1945, mazuva mana pashure pokunge maMarine asvika paIwo Jima, Rosenthal akanga achishanyira chitsuwa chacho zuva nezuva ari muchikepe cheMarine paakanzwa kuti mureza weAmerica wakanga uchisimudzwa pamusoro peGomo reSuribachi, gomo rinoputika riri kumugumo wokumaodzanyemba kwechitsuwa chacho. Pakumhara, Rosenthal akakurumidza kuenda kuSuribachi, achizvuzvurudza kamera yake hombe yeSpeed Graphic, yakanga yakakurumbira kuvatori venhau panguva iyoyo. Pamwe chete nomutori wemifananidzo weMarine Pvt. Bob Campbell uye mutori wemifananidzo wemafirimu wemavara Sgt. Bill Genaust, akatanga kukwira kumusoro kweGomo reSuribachi. Apo vakasvika panenge pakati penzira, vakasangana naSgt. Louis Lowery, mutori wemifananidzo wepepanhau reMarine rinonzi Leatherneck uyo akanga achiuya pasi pegomo rinoputika pashure pokunge kuputika kwebhomba guru romuvengi pamusoro kwarimuwisira pasi ndokuputsa kamera yake. Lowery akavaudza kuti mureza wakanga watosimudzwa na10:40 mangwanani, uye akanga awana mifananidzo yeflag iri pamusoro. Lowery akavaudza kuti maonero akanga akanaka kubva pamusoro, uye Rosenthal akanyengetedza Genaust naCampbell kuti varambe vachimuendesa kumusoro navo sezvo vakanga vaine zvombo. 