On February 23, 1945, this picture was taken of six marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, which has become one of the most iconic photographs of the Pacific theater. The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles fought in the late stages of the Pacific War. 

Marines Raising The American Flag On Iwo Jima 

Sgt. Howard Snyder (left) and Cpl. Harold Keller (right) on Mt Suribachi, February 23, 1945. 
  It would be discovered years later that Keller was in the photo of the second flag raising. Howard Snyder was killed later in the battle for Iwo Jima.

Flagraising heroes

Jeep mounted with a Browning M1919 machine gun, somewhere in the Pacific, 1943-1945; note hulk of a Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go light tank. 