Post 5: React

This photograph was taken by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. The photograph is known as Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. It displays five U.S. Marines and a Navy Corpsman raising the United States flag on the summit of Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. People may believe that only one flag was raised that day, but that is not true. A first flag was raised prior to this one. A few hours later the second flag (shown here) was raised. This photograph depicts the bravery and heroism that these soldiers had. Three of the six men survived the battle to witness the fame and glory that was brought by this photograph. The photograph may be the most reproduced photograph of all time. It was the first photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in the same year it was published. This is a true and real piece of photography.  This image would be impossible to replicate even if professional photographers tried to to replicate it. The image gives off so much emotion that it makes the viewer want to be part of the scene. It must have reached out to many Americans since it won an honorable prize the same year it was published. Since it was able to accomplish that, this image must be a real piece of photography.