Many years later he would say, When I first saw it I recognized the power of this photograph. I could not take my eyes from it. I looked at the photograph for some hours and then began working.
Felix de Weldon made a small statue of Joe Rosenthals picture in 72 hours. Within days, members of Congress had seen the small statue. Many began to call for a huge statue. President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the Marine Corps to send home the men who had raised the flag.
By then, however, it was too late. Mike Strank, Harlon Block and Franklin Sousley were dead. They were among the more than 6,000 Marines killed on Iwo Jima. Navy Corpsman John Bradley had been severely wounded. But he, Rene Gagnon and Ira Hayes returned to the United States.
People said they were heroes. The three men said they had done nothing but help put up a flag. But Joe Rosenthals photograph was so powerful, nothing would change peoples minds.
Side by side, Joe Rosenthals photograph, Felix de Weldons sculpture
Felix de Weldon soon made a life-size copy of the statue. He carefully copied the faces of the three survivors. He used all the photographs he could find for the three who had been killed.
Joe Rosenthals photograph became more and more famous. His work earned the Pulitzer Prize.
There was public demand to put the image on a postage stamp. In July of 1945, the government agreed. More than 137 million stamps were produced.
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