When people look at this picture they think of America and how we fought in WW2. The bravery our soldiers have and how we claimed this land as America's. What people don't remember is losing 7000 men and how we had over 19000 wounded. People don't remember that this battle stretched on for 25 days after this. To American's this signifies America's dominance over Japan and the closing of the war. People look at photos and immediately hundreds of thoughts come to mind. There is no back story, just a thought of what might have been. If someone who never knew anything about hisory looked at a picture of Hitler being greeted by people, or holding a baby, they would think he was an inspirational leader. What they don't know is that he led one of the biggest genocides of all time. Our minds think faster than we can process so when we are shown photos, wild back stories come to our mind. I know when I first saw this picture at Iwo Jima, I though it was a picture of America reclaiming the south in the civil war. Then I thought it was probably in Tennesse at the Smokies and in minutes I had wild back stories for every person in the photo. It was only later did I realize that this was taken an ocean away. That is why photo's are so interesting because people can think a thousand different stories happened from just one image.
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