Marines raise the American flag on Iwo Jima, on this day - February 23, 1945.
On this day 75 years ago, February 23, 1945 - Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima (📷:Joe Rosenthal/AP).
See this photo and more in our upcoming exhibit “FDR’s #FinalCampaign” opening March 28, 2020: https://www.fdrlibrary.org/exhibitions
These World War I U.S. military recruitment posters include James Montgomery Flagg’s iconic Uncle Sam image and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt.