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re: Marines looking into claims of mistaken ID in Iwo Jima flag photo (UPDATE 5/4)
Posted on 5/4/16 at 7:01 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 5/4/16 at 7:01 am to GetCocky11
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AWESOME article that is really interesting and thought-provoking. That's crazy to think all this time, John was talking about the first raising
ETA: Another interesting take on history
AWESOME article that is really interesting and thought-provoking. That's crazy to think all this time, John was talking about the first raising
ETA: Another interesting take on history
This post was edited on 5/4/16 at 7:08 am
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Posted on 5/4/16 at 7:03 am to GetCocky11
What the new evidence may point to:
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:00 am to Kafka
In addition to it not being staged, Rosenthal has said that he thought he didn't get a decent photo at all.
He was preparing to take the photo of the second flag raising once it was all the way up. However, to get a better view, he stepped backwards right as the Marines started to raise the flag. He stumbled on a rock which caused him to hit the shutter accidentally, but at the perfect time. He then took other photos of the flag raisers posed around the pole, and sent the film off.
He thought one of the other photos was the one that was becoming famous when he was told that Stars and Stripes had picked it up. This puzzled him, because he didn't think they were anything all that out of the ordinary. Only after he got a copy of that issue of Stars and Stripes did he ever see the perfection of the photo.
It's a nice legend.
He was preparing to take the photo of the second flag raising once it was all the way up. However, to get a better view, he stepped backwards right as the Marines started to raise the flag. He stumbled on a rock which caused him to hit the shutter accidentally, but at the perfect time. He then took other photos of the flag raisers posed around the pole, and sent the film off.
He thought one of the other photos was the one that was becoming famous when he was told that Stars and Stripes had picked it up. This puzzled him, because he didn't think they were anything all that out of the ordinary. Only after he got a copy of that issue of Stars and Stripes did he ever see the perfection of the photo.
It's a nice legend.
Posted on 5/4/16 at 9:06 am to GetCocky11
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Bradley's son now says his father was not in the second photo. I know this isn't a huge story, but it is cool for the history folks around here.
That is a huge story.
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