Pulitzer prize winner

Joe Rosenthal
Born: October 9th 1911
Joe Rosenthall won the Pulitzer prize in 1945 while he was in the associated press and embedded with Marines during the pacific island battles. Rosenthal started his interest in photography in 1930 during the great depression while he was looking for work with his brother. Two years later he became a photographer for the San francisco news. When he shot the photo on iwo jima he had 15 years of experience. Rosenthal thought of photography as his life and that it was a privilage to photograph the brave men in the pacific war.

"What I see behind the photo is what it took to get up to those heights, the kind of devotion to their country that those young men had, and the sacrifices they made...I take some gratification in being a little part of what the U.S. stands for." Joe Rosenthal.

I think Joe Rosenthal is a great photographer and was very brave to accompany these soldiers into the battle and photograph their heroism. I think he made this country proud and gave everyone a better sense of patriotism.