<P> The photograph was first published in Sunday newspapers on February 25 , 1945 . It was extremely popular and was 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 came to be regarded in the United States as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war . </P>
<P> The photograph was first published in Sunday newspapers on February 25 , 1945 . It was extremely popular and was 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 came to be regarded in the United States as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war . </P>
when was the flag raised on iwo jima
when was the flag raised on iwo jima
February 25 , 1945
February 25 , 1945