Stars and Stripes Fly Over Iwo Jima
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Stars and Stripes Fly Over Iwo Jima

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Stars and Stripes Fly Over Iwo Jima

February 1945
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions stamped in ink on verso RC: AG 30 24
inscribed in crayon on verso C: underlining of text "Iwo Jima"

printed in ink on verso: CINCPAC-POA AH-81 Released: February 24, 1945/

STARS AND STRIPES FLY OVER IWO JIMA -- Marines can be seen about/ the base of the staff on which they raised the American flag over/ Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima on 23 February (ELD). Volcano is in/ foreground while flag stands out against the blue Pacific. A large/ Jap cave can be discerned part way down the slope. Photo made from/ a U.S.
Navy Liberator 24 February 1945. Film was flown to Guam for/ processing, and radiophotoed to San Francisco by Navy Radio./

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"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/

The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
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