Firemen Raising the Flag at Ground Zero is another comparable photograph that was taken by Thomas E. Franklin on September 11, 2001 in New York City. Similarly to the photograph by Joseph Rosenthal, this photograph contains three American firefighters raising an American flag at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center after the horrible terrorist attacks that occurred on this day. This photograph was issued all over the world appearing on the covers of newspapers, on news stations, on posters, and on billboards. This photograph also stands for courage, honor, and service much like The Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima. Thomas Franklin shot this photograph with a telephoto lens from roughly one hundred and fifty yards away from the firemen and debris.
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He and two other photographers toted their Speed Graphic cameras to the top of the volcano only to find out when they had made it to the top, that it was too late. There the first foreign flag to ever fly on Japanese soil flew stood in the ground- an American flag. As the photographers looked into the distance at the flying flag, they noticed that an even larger American flag was about to be raised in its place. Joseph was a tall man; five-foot-five inches tall. Because of this, Rosenthal had to stack stones and sandbags in order to improve the shooting angle of the upcoming shot from his rather low viewing point. He set his camera for a lens setting between f/8 and f/11 with a shutter speed at 1/400th second. After getting situated, Rosenthal saw out of his peripheral, six marines begin to raise the flag. It was then that Joseph Rosenthal shot one of the most famous photographs in American history. Rushed, he lifted up his camera and began snapping photographs of the action. Since the photograph was taken under such hasty and chaotic conditions, Rosenthal was afraid he did not have a successful photograph to send back to Associated Press, so he posed a photograph of a group of sixteen marines and …show more content…
My maternal great-grandfather, Christopher Moore, was a nurse for the United States Navy for four years. As he traveled from place to place throughout his years of service, he documented special events and places traveled in a little black notebook. His journal entry for Friday, February 23, 1945, stated that the day began just like any other, but that at one point he needed some fresh air and needed to take a break from his nursing duties. As he stepped out onto the deck of the naval ship he was onboard for his break, my great-grandfather witnessed with his own two eyes the original raising of the flag on the island of Iwo Jima. My great-grandfather left this notebook for our family to pass down from generation to generation to continue telling his incredible story. That notebook is so dear and special to my family. As you read the different journal entries written by my great-grandfather during this dreadful time of war, it allows you to have a greater respect and remembrance for what American soldiers do for out country in order for us to be free. Growing up, I was able to hear my great-grandfather speak on this once in a lifetime experience he witnessed on several different occasions. Seeing the mental photograph my great-grandfather took with his eyes and words, allows me
He and two other photographers toted their Speed Graphic cameras to the top of the volcano only to find out when they had made it to the top, that it was too late. There the first foreign flag to ever fly on Japanese soil flew stood in the ground- an American flag. As the photographers looked into the distance at the flying flag, they noticed that an even larger American flag was about to be raised in its place. Joseph was a tall man; five-foot-five inches tall. Because of this, Rosenthal had to stack stones and sandbags in order to improve the shooting angle of the upcoming shot from his rather low viewing point. He set his camera for a lens setting between f/8 and f/11 with a shutter speed at 1/400th second. After getting situated, Rosenthal saw out of his peripheral, six marines begin to raise the flag. It was then that Joseph Rosenthal shot one of the most famous photographs in American history. Rushed, he lifted up his camera and began snapping photographs of the action. Since the photograph was taken under such hasty and chaotic conditions, Rosenthal was afraid he did not have a successful photograph to send back to Associated Press, so he posed a photograph of a group of sixteen marines and …show more content…
My maternal great-grandfather, Christopher Moore, was a nurse for the United States Navy for four years. As he traveled from place to place throughout his years of service, he documented special events and places traveled in a little black notebook. His journal entry for Friday, February 23, 1945, stated that the day began just like any other, but that at one point he needed some fresh air and needed to take a break from his nursing duties. As he stepped out onto the deck of the naval ship he was onboard for his break, my great-grandfather witnessed with his own two eyes the original raising of the flag on the island of Iwo Jima. My great-grandfather left this notebook for our family to pass down from generation to generation to continue telling his incredible story. That notebook is so dear and special to my family. As you read the different journal entries written by my great-grandfather during this dreadful time of war, it allows you to have a greater respect and remembrance for what American soldiers do for out country in order for us to be free. Growing up, I was able to hear my great-grandfather speak on this once in a lifetime experience he witnessed on several different occasions. Seeing the mental photograph my great-grandfather took with his eyes and words, allows me