Group seeks to name Navy ship for Iwo Jima photographer

FILE – In this March 1945 photo, Joe Rosenthal, an Associated Press photographer, is shown with his camera equipment looking over Iwo Jima, Japanese volcano island during World War II. On Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, which would have been Rosenthal’s 106th birthday, a group will deliver their petition with over 2,000 signatures and a letter requesting a future USS Joe Rosenthal to Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer, who is responsible for naming ships. Rosenthal took the iconic Iwo Jima flag raising photo. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File)