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WORLD WAR II.] ROSENTHAL, Joseph. Photographic print of Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima , inscribed and signed: "Joe Rosenthal Mt. Suribachi Iwo Jima February 23, 1945." Signed at a later date. 9½ x 7½in., matted and framed . ROSENTHAL'S FAMOUS IMAGE OF THE FLAG RAISING AT IWO JIMA, probably the most memorable American photograph of World War II. Rosenthal was an A.P. photographer who landed on Mount Suribachi on the afternoon of 23 February and heard that the Marines were raising a flag. Hurrying to the summit, he found that the flag had already been raised, but that a group of six Marines were mounting a second flag on a larger pole. He swung his camera into action and caught Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Michael Strank (behind Sousley), John Bradley Rene Gagnon (behind Bradley), and Harlon Block mounting this flag (the earlier, smaller pole was taken down). The image was an immediate sensation, and has remained an iconic, patriotic image ever since. Three of the young men photographed here--Strank, Block and Sousley--were killed in the subsequent days of bitter fighting. -- NIMITZ, Chester W. Photographic print signed ("C. W. Nimitz"), n.d. (ca. 1945). 4 7/8 x 3½in., matted and framed . The Fleet Admiral who served as Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet. After March 1942 Nimitz also took on the role of commander-in-chief, Pacific Operating Area. Nimitz and MacArthur divided control of the Pacific under their separate commands (MacArthur's area was designated Southwest Pacific). Nimitz oversaw the great victories at Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, while MacArthur oversaw the Philippine campaign. -- TOJO, Hideki. Photographic print signed ("Admiral Count H. Tojo"). 6¾ x 5in., matted and framed . Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944, Tojo was forced out of office in the face of mounting military defeats at the hands of the Americans and British. After the Japanese surrender he attempted suicide by shooting himself in the chest, but he survived the wound. The most prominent of the Class A war criminals tried by the Americans, Tojo willingly sacrificed himself by assuming all guilt for the American war, and exculpated the emperor. Together 3 items . (3)
WORLD WAR II.] ROSENTHAL, Joseph. Photographic print of Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima , inscribed and signed: "Joe Rosenthal Mt. Suribachi Iwo Jima February 23, 1945." Signed at a later date. 9½ x 7½in., matted and framed . ROSENTHAL'S FAMOUS IMAGE OF THE FLAG RAISING AT IWO JIMA, probably the most memorable American photograph of World War II. Rosenthal was an A.P. photographer who landed on Mount Suribachi on the afternoon of 23 February and heard that the Marines were raising a flag. Hurrying to the summit, he found that the flag had already been raised, but that a group of six Marines were mounting a second flag on a larger pole. He swung his camera into action and caught Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Michael Strank (behind Sousley), John Bradley Rene Gagnon (behind Bradley), and Harlon Block mounting this flag (the earlier, smaller pole was taken down). The image was an immediate sensation, and has remained an iconic, patriotic image ever since. Three of the young men photographed here--Strank, Block and Sousley--were killed in the subsequent days of bitter fighting. -- NIMITZ, Chester W. Photographic print signed ("C. W. Nimitz"), n.d. (ca. 1945). 4 7/8 x 3½in., matted and framed . The Fleet Admiral who served as Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet. After March 1942 Nimitz also took on the role of commander-in-chief, Pacific Operating Area. Nimitz and MacArthur divided control of the Pacific under their separate commands (MacArthur's area was designated Southwest Pacific). Nimitz oversaw the great victories at Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, while MacArthur oversaw the Philippine campaign. -- TOJO, Hideki. Photographic print signed ("Admiral Count H. Tojo"). 6¾ x 5in., matted and framed . Japan's prime minister from 1941 to 1944, Tojo was forced out of office in the face of mounting military defeats at the hands of the Americans and British. After the Japanese surrender he attempted suicide by shooting himself in the chest, but he survived the wound. The most prominent of the Class A war criminals tried by the Americans, Tojo willingly sacrificed himself by assuming all guilt for the American war, and exculpated the emperor. Together 3 items . (3)