Can we stop glorifying Joe Rosenthal? All he did was take a picture. The Marines took the island!
I never paid much attention to who took the picture, and frankly I don’t care. It’s the substance contained therein that matters to me, the big picture so to speak. I imagine it’s the same for most....IMHO.
The reason I posted this was in fact to honor those Marines...by remembering what they achieved.
You’re right. After falling into the water while transferring from the command ship to the LCVP, Rosenthal should have said the hell with it and gone back to the boat where he would have been safe and comfortable instead of walking up Suribachi and risking his life to record history. Same thing for risking his ass on New Guinea, Hollandia, Guam, Peleliu and Angaur.