six marines raised the flag at iwo jima.
how many marines raised the flag at iwo jima?
six
"raising the flag on iwo jima" is a black and white photograph taken by joe rosenthal depicting six marines from e company, 2nd battalion, 28th marines, raising a u.s. flag atop mount suribachi on february 23, 1945, in the second of two flag-raisings on the site that day. the photograph was extremely popular, being reprinted in thousands of publications. later, it became the only photograph to win the pulitzer prize for photography in the same year as its publication, and ultimately came to be regarded as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war, and possibly the most reproduced photograph of all time. in 1954, the flag raising picture was later used by felix de weldon to sculpt the marine corps war memorial (iwo jima memorial), located adjacent to arlington national cemetery.
battle of iwo jima
"iwo jima" and the marines of the 26th marine expeditionary unit (26 meu) along with two other amphibious assault ships formed the "iwo jima" amphibious ready group. "iwo jima" left port on 4 march 2003 in support of operation enduring freedom and deployed marines in april 2003 from the mediterranean sea into northern iraq for the iraq war. in july 2003, "iwo jima" deployed to the coast of liberia as part of jtf liberia in response to the second liberian civil war. during this operation, the southern european task force (setaf) as the command element of jtf liberia and "iwo jima" with the 26 meu landed marines in liberia to perform humanitarian assessments. "at its height, jtf liberia consisted of over 5,000 service members from the setaf headquarters, the 26th marine expeditionary unit, the three-ship "iwo jima" amphibious ready group, 3rd air force's 398th air expeditionary group, u.s. army europe's 21st theater support command, and army special forces."
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