Public domain World War II pictures

It's not staged.... The second flag was raised because the first flag was smaller.

This was the second flag raising on Mount Suribachi but it wasn’t a staged photograph. Joe Rosenthal just happened to be in the right place at the right time. The first flag raising was photographed by Sergeant Louis Lowery but by the time of the second...

This was the second flag raising on Mount Suribachi but it wasn’t a staged photograph. Joe Rosenthal just happened to be in the right place at the right time. The first flag raising was photographed by Sergeant Louis Lowery but by the time of the second flag raising his camera had been hit by enemy fire.

Such a pity that it is a staged photo. The flag had already been raised without a photo being taken so this is a re-enactment. Not that this diminishes the bravery and sacrifice of the US Marines who fought in the most bitterly-contested action of the...

Such a pity that it is a staged photo. The flag had already been raised without a photo being taken so this is a re-enactment. Not that this diminishes the bravery and sacrifice of the US Marines who fought in the most bitterly-contested action of the Pacific war.

the picture that perfectly captures the american spirit.

Read Bradley's "Flyboys". It tells of air operations on Chi Chi Jima at the same time of the assault on Iwo Jima. It focuses on the lives and demise of pilots shot down over the island. They were eventually beheaded or canibalized or both. Beheadeding...

Read Bradley's "Flyboys". It tells of air operations on Chi Chi Jima at the same time of the assault on Iwo Jima. It focuses on the lives and demise of pilots shot down over the island. They were eventually beheaded or canibalized or both. Beheadeding sound familiar?

The one act that says it all

dude every time i see this picture it makes me proud to be american because we stand up for wat we belive and dont give up untill we r through

Read James Bradley's Flags of our Fathers ( the movie does not fully make you appreciate what these men really gave ) and you get the truest sense of who these men, and to an extent all men who sacrifice their lives, were. God Bless them all...

semper fi oorah that is what i call victory

OORAH! My Favorite photo, it meant victory