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Marine Corps investigating possible misidentification in iconic Iwo Jima photo
The Washington Times ^
| May 2, 2016
| Scott McFetridge - AP
Posted on 05/02/2016 4:18:14 PM PDT by jazusamo
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My only question is if Harold Henry Schultz is supposed to be the one not named why did he not speak out? He didn't pass away until 1995, 50 years after the event.
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:18:14 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
One things for damn certain, it wasn’t Barrack Obama or any of his relatives.
To: jazusamo
not sure i believe this. wouldn’t the real guy be laying his claim to fame whilst the unreal guy be beset by guilt?
conveniently, they are all dead now...
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:24:01 PM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: jazusamo
I’m expecting the misidentification to put a gay GI in the picture.
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:25:35 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Or LBJ. Didn’t he earn a Silver Star or some other type of medal during that war for an absolutely bullsh$t reason?
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:26:17 PM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("You'd see a different game if nobody wore a helmet". NY Rangers' Barry Beck 1983)
To: camle
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:26:24 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Now you know that Islam made a major contribution to the victory on Iwo as it did at every historic American event! /sarc
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:26:51 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
To: jazusamo
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
It might well have been Peter Jennings or Hillary Clinton, given the way things go these days.
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:29:16 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
To: Snickering Hound
Hahahahaha beat me to it, darn it!
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:29:54 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
One things for damn certain, it wasn’t Barrack Obama or any of his relatives. I think I remember him saying that his grandfather liberated Auschwitz, which would have meant that he was in the Soviet Army. Which kind of explains a lot, but you're right, Obama's people were on the other side of the planet at the time.
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:30:15 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Snickering Hound
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:31:22 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:32:23 PM PDT
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jazusamo
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To: jazusamo; All
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:35:49 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
They were all brave Americans who believed in their Country.
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:37:19 PM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: jazusamo
“Flags of Our Fathers” was a great book. Hard to believe John Bradley would have lied to his son about his participation in the flag raising...
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:37:24 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:40:11 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: Flag_This
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:41:14 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the photo of the *second* flag raising?
I remember reading that the first flag was a small one and the marines didn’t have a photographer with them. The officer in charge of the fleet wanted a bigger one that the entire fleet could see so a bigger flag, and a photographer were sent up.
The marines who raised the first flag were the first to reach the top of Mt suribachi and weren’t sure if there were any Japanese waiting for them.
The second time the flag was raised everyone knew the top was secured.
At least that’s what I read in several accounts.
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:52:10 PM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(American by birth, Southern by the grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me. CRUZ 2016!)
To: jazusamo
Are they going to try to claim one of the guys in the picture was Black?
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posted on
05/02/2016 4:52:38 PM PDT
by
PAR35
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