Incredibly rare color 10.75 x 13.75 print of the Iwo Jima flag-raising, contained on the right page of a commemorative folder, which measures 24.75 x 15.25 unfolded, also bears a printed poem entitled ‘Marines on Iwo Jima’ by Win Brooks. The print is signed in black ink, “Ira H. Hayes, Pfc., U.S.M.C.,” “John H. Bradley, Ph. M. 2/c U. S. Navy,” and “Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 33 x 24. In fine condition. Bradley, Gagnon, and Hayes were three of the six soldiers who planted a US flag atop Mount Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima—an event captured on film by photographer Joe Rosenthal, which became one of the most familiar images of World War. With three of the enlisted men killed in action within a month of the flag-raising, President Franklin D. Roosevelt transferred the survivors to Washington, D. C. and ordered them to participate in the 7th War Bond Drive. Following orders, the trio toured the nation with the tattered American flag they helped raise. A phenomenal image of three unlikely heroes who, along with their fallen comrades, became the collective ‘face’ of World War II. Oversized. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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