The Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photo of six United States Marines raising an American flag over the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during World War II is probably one of the American military’s best known photos. The photograph was captured on the 554 foot top of Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 during one … Continue reading Who were the United States Marines in the photo “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima”?