FILE – In this Feb 23, 1945, file photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. On Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, which would have been Joe Rosenthal’s 106th birthday,
FILE – In this Feb 23, 1945, file photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. 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. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)
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