[Citizen James]

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"Personally, I hope he's not just known for that one fraction of a second," said Anne Rosenthal, 55, of San Rafael. "Anyone who has had this type of notoriety for one episode certainly tires of it. There's so much to be said about it. I've known this picture my whole life."

You demean your father, his actions (gotta be brave/stupid to follow Leathernecks into the thick of things sans a weapon), and the actions of the men he was with that day.

[Ignatius J Reilly]

He's always said, 'I was the one who took the picture. The Marines took Iwo Jima.'

Now that's class right there.

[Milhous]

What is little known is that the photographer Mr Rosenthal was a convert to the Church from Judaism. For his conversion, he was shunned by fellow Jews for abandoning the faith of his people. But Rosenthal was not intimidated.

He wrote, "The day before we went ashore on Iwo Jima, I attended Mass and received Holy Communion. If a man is genuinely convinced of the truth and still neglects it, he is a traitor and that goes not only for my Jewish friends who do not attend synagogue each Saturday but also for my friends who miss Mass each Sunday."