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Joe Rosenthal
October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006
American photographer (1911–2006)
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Joseph John Rosenthal was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. His picture became one of the best-known photographs of the war, and was replicated as the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia.
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- Birthday · October 9
- Anniversary · August 20
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