Louis R. Lowery

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1st Lt. Harold G. Schrier with Platoon Sergeant Ernest I. Thomas, Jr. (both seated) on Mount Suribachi at the first flag raising.

Second shot of same event by Lou Lowery

Louis R. "Lou" Lowery (July 24, 1916 – April 15, 1987) was a United States Marine Corps photographer best known for taking the first flag-raising photograph on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. The first flag raised was too small to be seen easily from the nearby landing beaches, so a second, larger flag was raised, resulting in the famous photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Photography in 1945.

A founder and former president of the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (USMCCCA), Lowery was a photographic director of Leatherneck Magazine, a publication of the Marine Corps.

He is buried in Quantico National Cemetery.

[edit] See also

United States Marine Corps Portal

[edit] References

• Louis R. Lowery Dies; Took Iwo Jima Picture. The New York Times.

[edit] External links

• Louis R. Lowery at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-04-02
• The First Flag Raising on Mt. Suribachi

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