One things for damn certain, it wasn’t Barrack Obama or any of his relatives.
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...
I’m expecting the misidentification to put a gay GI in the picture.
“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...
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.
Are they going to try to claim one of the guys in the picture was Black?
His story being written now. Old eye witness protection plan let them die.
If true, probably for a number of complex reasons. I couldn't tell you who's who in that photo, for one thing. If anyone were to come out and say they were in that photo years ago, how would they prove it? Especially after the US Marine Corps told the world who was in that photo? Who, even with the truth on their side, would dare challenge them without ironclad proof? And it might not be enough to prove that they were in the photo. They'd be expected to out the guy who wasn't in it, too, and that would be another burden of proof.
But imagine if, too, after the end of 50 years, they could look back and say it was more than enough honor for one man to be a US Marine, who fought on Iwo Jima (and had proof enough of that), didn't let his buddies down, made it home to live a good life in the greatest nation on earth, and didn't have to make a big deal about it afterwards.
IMHO, those who are worried about WHO is in the photo missed the point of the entire damned photo!
I thought this was hashed out in 1945. One of the Marines was misidentified, but they figured it out and the right Marine was given credit.
I’m sure they forgot to name the woman in the photo.
