This is great collection of tributes to the original photo.
1 posted on
02/23/2013 2:41:38 PM PST by
Saint X
To: Saint X
2 posted on
02/23/2013 2:50:35 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Saint X
Pretty sure it was 68 years ago. Way to go Naval Institute.
To: Saint X
I have this album...
...as part of my Funkadelic/Parliament collection of LPs.
4 posted on
02/23/2013 3:00:56 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Saint X
I took a half page 50th anniversary picture of the flag raising from the cover of the Chronicle and sent it to Rosenthal’s SF address in the phone book, and darned if I didn’t get it back a couple of months later autographed.
5 posted on
02/23/2013 3:02:43 PM PST by
skeeter
To: Saint X
Original Flag Raising 7 posted on
02/23/2013 3:30:43 PM PST by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: Saint X
The Most Reproduced and Parodied Photo in History? If restricted to the photo category, it's certainly up there... the V-day sailor-nurse kiss in Times Square also comes to mind.
If the genre is expanded to all American Icons, I'd think the Statue of Liberty takes the cake.
8 posted on
02/23/2013 3:43:23 PM PST by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: Saint X
My dad was “drinking buddies” with Ira Hayes in the early 1950s in Arizona. Both were hard drinkers. Pop told me:” The poor slob got liquored up and passed out in a ditch and froze to death.”
9 posted on
02/23/2013 3:57:14 PM PST by
4yearlurker
(I hate February.)
To: Saint X
Bit of flag raising trivia ... one of the Marines in the second raising was Sgt Michael Strank.
His birthday - 10 November - same as the Marine Corps birthday.
Semper Fi ...
13 posted on
02/23/2013 4:20:21 PM PST by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Saint X
Marilyn Monroe standing over the sidewalk grille in New York might be a contender for most-viewed.
14 posted on
02/23/2013 4:26:08 PM PST by
lurk
To: Saint X
I choke up a little every time I read, hear or say......
"Uncommon valor was a common virtue."
Semper fi.
15 posted on
02/23/2013 4:29:04 PM PST by
clintonh8r
(Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
To: Saint X
In the 9th grade (YEARS AGO!), The Chorus did a living tableau of this at the end of our Concert.
16 posted on
02/23/2013 4:30:19 PM PST by
left that other site
(Worry is the darkroom that developes negatives.)
To: Saint X
I wonder if he was using a speed graphic? With those dudes, you really didn’t need to use the viewfinder.
19 posted on
02/23/2013 5:07:47 PM PST by
ArmstedFragg
(hoaxy dopey changey)
To: Saint X
He was setting up for a different shot when he spotted the group of men planting the flag and quickly took a snap without even looking through the viewfinder. The chance photo would become iconic overnight and go on to win the Pulitzer Prize.
There were two flag raisings...the original and one staged.
The one almost everyone sees is the staged one and the original was never really shown to the public.
It’s a shame that the public has been conned into believing that the popular picture was real. Even the statuary is false!
20 posted on
02/23/2013 6:00:57 PM PST by
DH
(Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
To: Saint X
My father-in-law George Hopkins, R.I.P. two years ago, saw the flag raised with his own eyes. A 19 year old radioman, he landed with the 5th Marine Divisino on D-day and went the distance without being wounded in action. He was damn lucky.
21 posted on
02/23/2013 6:15:00 PM PST by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Saint X
I had to look into this picture because I thought of the character from David Copperfield and I had never heard of the band before.
23 posted on
02/23/2013 6:51:25 PM PST by
Sawdring
To: Saint X
Today, the Meatball flies over Iwō-Jima, as it has done since 1968, when the US returned it to Japan.
To: Saint X
I had the pleasure of a 20 year friendship with one of the heroes who was present on that day. Russell Gallaspie of Ocean Springs, MS - Rest in Peace my old friend - you were, and continue to be, an inspiration.
28 posted on
02/24/2013 5:22:48 AM PST by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: Saint X
33 posted on
02/24/2013 8:38:55 AM PST by
onyx
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To: Saint X
General Holland M. Smith and Navy Secretary James Forrestal were wading ashore on Iwo Jima when the flag went. Forrestal told Smith: “The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.”
34 posted on
02/24/2013 1:16:33 PM PST by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: Saint X
More than Lootie?
39 posted on
02/25/2013 4:55:31 PM PST by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(This stuff we're going through now, this is nothing compared to the middle ages.)
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