[mad_as_he$$]

I am so poetic because, if you read the book, to use words like "choreographed" shows you didn't understand it at all. I suggest you try the version that runs on the History Channel and the Military Channel. It is very accurate and detailed. If you still think the second raising was a put up job then - you can still bite me.

[DM1]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
I NEVER SAID IT WAS CHOREOGRAPHED
I WAS TELLING THE LAST POSTER THAT IT WAS NOT CHOREOGRAPHED

[Lou L]

Look, I've read all the links to become more "educated" on the Battle for Iwo Jima, and I am not convinced my original posts were off the mark. Daughter and MAH may disagree with me on the use of the word "choreograph," but to me the word means that the photo and the act of flag-raising were NOT serendipitous.

As a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and a passionate lover of U.S. History, especially our military, I would say anything disparaging about our armed forces. My original point was, and still is, photo ops and stories like Jessica Lynch's are often used to bolster morale. Regardless of whether or not the flag-raising at Iwo Jima was the first or the second, or the size of the second flag was increaed to make it more photogenic, it served a noble purpose.