Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue

On February 23, 1945, as the battle raged below, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal’s camera captured five Marines and a Navy Corpsman raising the Stars and Stripes on Mt. Suribachi. Veterans Radio looks back at the incredible circumstances surrounding the most famous “War Picture” ever taken. Hal Buell, veteran photo editor, who spent more than 40 years with the Associated Press has written the definitive story of the photograph and the photographer.