Posted on 08/21/2006 4:42:59 AM PDT by PurpleMan
Today: August 21, 2006 at 3:20:29 PDT
Pulitzer Prize Winner Joe Rosenthal Dies By JUSTIN M. NORTON ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -
Photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of six World War II servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, died Sunday. He was 94.
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There was nothing fake about it. You would make a great college history professor. Tear it down and learn the facts later.
That piece of paper is among the few items I own I deem worthy enough to pass along to my kin once I depart this mortal coil.
RIP, Joe and thanks.
Read the thread before blasting people who are trying to acquire the truth.
There was nothing fake at all about the picture. What the hell are you saying?
Read the thread. Asked and answered.
Yep. I think we've all learned something here. You learned that picture wasn't posed, and I learned that I need to be quicker in dropping the hammer on someone that exposes that much ignorance. I was like third in line...well below my usual performance :)
Clem during lunch mentioned that Joe was the unfortunate victim of a lie or story that the photo was staged. Joe sat patiently while Clem explained the entire matter to me and then Joe said that what really mattered was that "the bravest men in the world, those United States Marines, got recognition for their heroism. I was just lucky to be there to take the photo which without planning was balanced and clean."
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