Joe Rosenthal

Joe was a famous photographer during World War II. He was born in Washington on October 9th 1911. He shot very dramatic photographs of the AP during World War II.

On February 23, 1945 while they were on top of Mount Suribachi he took one of the most famous photographs of the war that was called Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima. Joe had only one chance to take the photo of the Marins putting up the American Flag on Iwo Jima. He was luckily in the right spot and had the right time. People say it was staged or fake because it was such a great photograph. Joe took the most famous photo of the World War II.