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English: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, Retouched 2
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Source This file was derived from: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal.jpg
source version time stamped 09:26, 4 September 2018.
Marines misidentified one man in iconic Iwo Jima photo
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Joe Rosenthal (1911–2006)  wikidata:Q352870
 
Joe Rosenthal
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Joseph John Rosenthal; Joe Rosenthal/Times World Wide Photos
Description American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death 9 October 1911 Edit this at Wikidata 20 August 2006 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Washington, D.C. Edit this at Wikidata Novato Edit this at Wikidata
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current00:15, 6 September 2018Thumbnail for version as of 00:15, 6 September 20183,000 × 2,333 (1.68 MB)Bammeskupdate restoration (undid changes based on the negative image because of excessive bleeding)
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