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An SFMTA worker installs the Joe Rosenthal Way street sign during the street renaming to honor the former AP photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

An SFMTA worker installs the Joe Rosenthal Way street sign during the street renaming to honor the former AP photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, AP photographer Joe Rosenthal photographs soldiers in front of the U.S. flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. (USMC/Pfc. Bob Campbell via AP)

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, AP photographer Joe Rosenthal photographs soldiers in front of the U.S. flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. (USMC/Pfc. Bob Campbell via AP)

FILE - U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)

FILE - U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal, File)

An SFMTA worker installs the Joe Rosenthal Way street sign to honor Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

An SFMTA worker installs the Joe Rosenthal Way street sign to honor Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

FILE - Joe Rosenthal, an Associated Press photographer, is shown with his camera equipment looking over Iwo Jima, Japanese volcano island during World War II, March,1945. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File)

FILE - Joe Rosenthal, an Associated Press photographer, is shown with his camera equipment looking over Iwo Jima, Japanese volcano island during World War II, March,1945. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File)

FILE - This is a full frame scan of the 4x5 negative of Joe Rosenthal's iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo from Feb. 23, 1945 and seen Oct. 24, 2017 in the Associated Press Photo Library in New York City. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - This is a full frame scan of the 4x5 negative of Joe Rosenthal's iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo from Feb. 23, 1945 and seen Oct. 24, 2017 in the Associated Press Photo Library in New York City. (AP Photo, File)

An SFMTA worker installs the Joe Rosenthal Way street sign to honor Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

An SFMTA worker installs the Joe Rosenthal Way street sign to honor Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

People gather by the street sign Joe Rosenthal Way, that honors the former AP photojournalist who the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

People gather by the street sign Joe Rosenthal Way, that honors the former AP photojournalist who the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

Supervisor Aaron Peskin pays respect during the street renaming to honor former AP photojournalist Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

Supervisor Aaron Peskin pays respect during the street renaming to honor former AP photojournalist Joe Rosenthal, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

People gather by the street sign Joe Rosenthal Way, that honors the former AP photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

People gather by the street sign Joe Rosenthal Way, that honors the former AP photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during WWII, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Minh Connors)

FILE- Joe Rosenthal, who took the iconic Iwo Jima flag raising photo in World War II, poses at the New Pisa Bar and restaurant in San Francisco, Dec. 20, 1994. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

FILE- Joe Rosenthal, who took the iconic Iwo Jima flag raising photo in World War II, poses at the New Pisa Bar and restaurant in San Francisco, Dec. 20, 1994. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)