Joe Rosenthal

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Joe Rosenthal was an American photojournalist best known for his iconic World War II photograph of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
photograph
photojournalist
war photographer
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Photography
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfOrigin United States of America
creator Joe Rosenthal
depicts Battle of Iwo Jima
United States Marines
flag of the United States
employer Associated Press
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Rosenthal
fieldOfWork journalism
photography
genre photojournalism
photojournalism
war photography
war photography
givenName Joe
hasInfluenceOn American war photography
photojournalism of World War II
hasPart United States flag raising
hasPhotographicSubject United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
World War II battlefields
inception 1945
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject World War II
militaryConflictCovered Battle of Iwo Jima
Pacific War
name Joe Rosenthal
notableFor photographing the flag raising on Iwo Jima
notableWork Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
World War II combat photography
combat photographs from Iwo Jima
photographs of the Pacific Theater in World War II
occupation photographer
photojournalist
war correspondent
participatedIn World War II
sexOrGender male
workLocation Iwo Jima
Pacific Theater of Operations


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