...and when you take a picture like that, you don't come away saying you got a great shot. You don't know." -Joe Rosenthal, on the photo of the Iwo Jima flag-raising that won him the Pulitzer Prize.

...the stirring image of six U.S. Marines raising Old Glory on Iwo Jima, was taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in February 1945 and has become one of the most famous images in photography's history. Rosenthal's photo is among...

...assault began. A memorial in Washington, D.C., is based on the picture taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal. It depicts the second flag raised about three hours after Cpl. Charles W. Lindberg and five other Marines raised...

...after the shooting had stopped, Marines raised the larger flag - one that would become famous in a photograph by Joe Rosenthal. Veterinarian career After the war Bierhaus returned to the U.S. to recuperate from his wounds in Arizona. Two...