Iwo Jima photo:1945 – Old Glory Goes Up on Mount Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal, Courtesy of The Associated Press - Quick reactions can sometimes make the difference between getting the shot and missing the moment. Such was the case for Joe Rosenthal on Feb. 23, 1945 on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima island. Rosenthal, waiting for the moment when Marines would raise a U.S. flag on the summit recalls, suddenly, 'out of the corner of my eye … I had seen the men start the flag up. I swung my camera and shot the scene'