Joe Rosenthal was initially rejected by the US Army as a photographer due to poor eyesight. However, he then went on to capture one of the most enduring images of World War II while working for The Associated Press – US Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima.
Rosenthal died in 2006, at the age of 94, and now he will be further commemorated with a block in downtown San Francisco named after him.
