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(left-right) Mr. Jack Withington, Lieutenant Gen. Jan Huly (USMC Ret), Mr. Leonard Cohen, designer of the bronze plaque, Mr. Dale Cook, President of the Joe Rosenthal Chapter of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (USMCCCA), and Mr. Tom Graves gather after the plaque dedication ceremony recognizing the achievements of former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013. The plaque was presented by the San Francisco Bay Area Joe Rosenthal Chapter of the USMCCCA. Mr. Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during WWII on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

(left-right) Jack Withington, Lieutenant Gen. Jan Huly (USMC Ret), Leonard Cohen, designer of the bronze plaque, Dale Cook, President of the Joe Rosenthal Chapter of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (USMCCCA), and  Tom Graves gather after the plaque dedication ceremony recognizing the achievements of former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013. The plaque was presented by the San Francisco Bay Area Joe Rosenthal Chapter of the USMCCCA. Mr. Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during WWII on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

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Press kits are distributed by the San Francisco Bay Area Joe Rosenthal Chapter and members of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association during a plaque dedication ceremony to recognize the achievements of former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal. The ceremony was held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013. Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during World War II on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

Press kits are distributed by the San Francisco Bay Area Joe Rosenthal Chapter and members of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association during a  plaque dedication ceremony to recognize the achievements of former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal. The ceremony was held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013.  Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during World War II on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Warren Weidhahn (Ret), Executive Vice President of the Iwo Jima Association of America, speaks to members of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association during a plaque dedication ceremony for former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal. The ceremony was held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013. Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during World War II on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Warren Weidhahn (Ret), Executive Vice President of the Iwo Jima Association of America, speaks to members of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association during a plaque dedication ceremony for former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal. The ceremony was held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013.  Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during World War II on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Gen. Jan Huly (Ret), speaks to members of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association during a plaque dedication ceremony for former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal. The ceremony was held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013. Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during World War II on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Gen. Jan Huly (Ret), speaks to members of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association during a plaque dedication ceremony for former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal. The ceremony was held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013.  Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during World War II on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

A bronze plaque, sponsered by the San Francisco Bay Area Joe Rosenthal Chapter and members of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association, is on display after the dedication ceremony recognizing the achievements of former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal. The ceremony was held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013. Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during World War II on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

A bronze plaque, sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Area Joe Rosenthal Chapter and members of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association, is on display after the dedication ceremony recognizing the achievements of former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal. The ceremony was held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013.  Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during World War II on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

(left-right) Col. Warren Weidhahn (USMC Ret), Executive Vice President of the Iwo Jima Association of America, Hal Buell, author of

(left-right) Col. Warren Weidhahn (USMC Ret), Executive Vice President of the Iwo Jima Association of America,  Hal Buell, author of “Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue: Iwo Jima and the Photograph That Captured America,” U.S Navy Chaplain, Commander William Stallard,  Dale Cook, President of the Joe Rosenthal Chapter of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (USMCCCA), Lieutenant Gen. Jan Huly (USMC Ret), and  William Hauptfleisch, President of the  USMCCCA, gather after speaking at the plaque dedication ceremony recognizing the achievements of former Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, held on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Va., Oct. 9, 2013.  Rosenthal had a long career as a news photographer but his most iconic image was that of the flag raising when the Marines took Iwo Jima during World War II on Feb. 23, 1945, earning him a Pulitzer Prize. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kathy Reesey/Released)

 

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