In this Feb. 19, 1945, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a great armada of Navy and Coast Guard vessels bring Marines ashore during the invasion of Iwo Jima. On Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, which would have been Joe Rosenthal’s
In this Feb. 19, 1945, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a great armada of Navy and Coast Guard vessels bring Marines ashore during the invasion of Iwo Jima. On Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, which would have been Joe Rosenthal’s 106th birthday, a group will deliver their petition with over 2,000 signatures and a letter requesting a future USS Joe Rosenthal to Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, who is responsible for naming ships. Rosenthal took the iconic Iwo Jima flag raising photo. (U.S. Navy via AP)
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