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The inside story of the famous Iwo Jima photo
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• Some say it's the most famous, perfectly composed
  news photo of all time. Monday marks 70 years
  since Joe Rosenthal captured the iconic picture
  of five U.S. Marines and a Navy sailor raising an
  American flag over the battle-scarred Japanese
  island of Iwo Jima. The image was so inspiring
  that, by 1945 standards, it went viral. It
  triggered a wave of national hope that Japanese
  forces would soon be crushed and peace was near.
  It spurred millions of Americans to buy war bonds
  to keep the nation on solid financial footing.
  Basically, this simple photo was so powerful it
  helped win World War II. But Rosenthal was just
  one of several cameramen on the island's Mount
  Suribachi that day. Their images reveal the
  entire story behind the famous picture. Remember
  that this was long before today's sophisticated
  cameras and digital technology. Photographers
  took one picture at a time, often with only one
  opportunity to get the perfect shot. The picture
  has become almost an unofficial symbol of the
  Marine Corps and World War II in the Pacific. The
  Marines embraced it by transforming the photo
  into a memorial statue in Arlington, Virginia.
  Hollywood movies have been made about the
  flag-raising. The U.S. Postal Service featured it
  on a stamp. Even the shape of the National Museum
  of the Marine Corps, in Triangle, Virginia, was
  inspired by Rosenthal's photo.

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