Joe Rosenthal | |
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![]() Rosenthal in 1990 | |
Born | Joseph John Rosenthal October 9, 1911 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Died | August 20, 2006 Novato, California, U.S. | (aged 94)
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Known for | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize Navy Distinguished Public Service Award |
Joseph John Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006) 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.[1] 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, Virginia.