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[[Image:Rosenthal J.jpg|thumb|right|With the U.S. fleet off [[Iwo Jima]] in the background, Joe Rosenthal strikes a pose on the summit of [[Mount Suribachi]]]]

'''Joe Rosenthal''' ([[October 9]] [[1911]] &ndash; [[August 20]] [[2006]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[photographer]] who received the [[Pulitzer Prize]] for his iconic [[World War II]] photograph ''[[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima]]'', taken during the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]]. <ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Joe Rosenthal; Shot Flag-Raising at Iwo Jima. |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/21/AR2006082100039.html |quote=Joe Rosenthal, 94, a World War II news photographer whose dramatic picture of servicemen raising the U.S. flag atop Iwo Jima's summit was one of the most reproduced images of the period, died August 20 at Atria Tamalpais Creek assisted living center in Novato, California. |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date= |accessdate=2007-12-19 }}</ref> His picture became one of the best-known photographs of the war.

==Early life==