Second flag raising on Iwo Jima

[Michael Dorosh]

Comprehensive study of the famous Rosenthal photo and the struggle by the Marines - aided by amateur historians - to determine who exactly is in the photo. The Marines have revised the official lineup at least twice since the end of the war.

https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/Investigating%20Iwo_WEB3.pdf

Ironically, the navy corpsman (Bradley) whose son wrote the book that Eastwood's movie was based on (Flags of our Fathers) was determined after lengthy study not to be in the photo.

 

[sswann]

I have a cousin who was a member of that platoon.
He never made it to the mountain top, being KIA during the ascent.

 

[Actionjick]

I have a cousin who was a member of that platoon.
He never made it to the mountain top, being KIA during the ascent.

God bless him and all the Marines and sailors who died taking that island.

 

[Actionjick]

Comprehensive study of the famous Rosenthal photo and the struggle by the Marines - aided by amateur historians - to determine who exactly is in the photo. The Marines have revised the official lineup at least twice since the end of the war.

https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/Investigating%20Iwo_WEB3.pdf

Ironically, the navy corpsman (Bradley) whose son wrote the book that Eastwood's movie was based on (Flags of our Fathers) was determined after lengthy study not to be in the photo.

I like to think that those who raised the flag represent all the Americans who fought there.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

I like to think that those who raised the flag represent all the Americans who fought there.

I suspect they felt the same. Two guys who were misidentified and lived through the war never came forward to correct the record. The pdf in the link talks about it.

 

[Actionjick]

I suspect they felt the same. Two guys who were misidentified and lived through the war never came forward to correct the record. The pdf in the link talks about it.

The line that keeps going through my head when I think about it is: I am Sparticus. It doesn't really apply to the situation but somehow feels like it does to me.

 

[Actionjick]

2400 B-29 bombers made emergency landings on Iwo Jima saving 24000 airmen. The sacrifices made were not in vain.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

2400 B-29 bombers made emergency landings on Iwo Jima saving 24000 airmen. The sacrifices made were not in vain.

I don't know if that's true, but Dinah Might

 

[Actionjick]

I don't know if that's true, but Dinah Might

Now who is the clever boy?!?? ????????