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BERLIN — It's an iconic image of World War II: Berlin has fallen and Soviet soldiers are hoisting the red flag over the Reichstag. What most people don't realize, however, is that the photograph isn't capturing the historic moment. Yevgeni Khaldei staged the scene on May 2, 1945 — three days after the Soviets captured Germany's parliament building. The picture is the centerpiece of an exhibit — "Yevgeni Khaldei — The Decisive Moment" — that bills itself as the first comprehensive retrospective of the photographer's World War II work. The show at Berlin's Gropius-Bau museum reveals the extent to which...

Summary of the eRumor The originator of the email says he was on a trip to Washington DC. At the Iwo Jima memorial, he ran into the son of one of the men who is in the famous picture of six men raising the American flag on Iwo Jima, a Japanese controlled island in the Pacific that was the scene of bloody fighting during World War II. The Truth James Brady is a real person and, as described in the story, is the author of a book titled "Flags of Our Fathers." Although this is circulated as the story of...

"D + 4 on Iwo Jima was Friday,February 23,1945.At about 10:30 hours I was standing on the broad rim of the crater on top of Suribachi looking up at our colors snapping in the breeze. Suddenly something extraordinary happened.We could clearly hear cheering from the Marines in combat on the plain of Iwo below us.They had spotted the flag and as the word spread more Marines joined in cheering our flag crowning Suribachi some 500 feet above.Soon the boats along the landing beaches and the ships at sea joined in blowing horns and whistles.It was a remarkable moment in Marine...

I want to respond to some of the things written in your recent exchange of correspondence with Gunny Gaines and Colonel Ford. The Lou Lowery letter.(attached)When it was first presented in the booklet prepared by Ray Fornof it was suggested to him that it was either a phony or a forgery.Now Colonel Ford writes that it was a standard letter sent to anyone who asked for a copy of his photo and claimed to have been on the patrol. When I wrote to Lou Lowery it was not to ask for pictures but rather to ask him for an explanation...

The Making Of A Memorial CLICK-HERE!!!!!(Note: The following e-mail from Sgt Ray Jacobs USMC (Ret.), the radioman shown in Lou Lowery's Iwo Jima Flag Photos.) Hi Gang... Just got the word from Colonel Walter Ford of Leatherneck that he is having prepared a set of Lou Lowery pictures to be sent to me.There is a cost for printing and shipping but it is worth it. I sent him a photo folder with a letter,some comparison pictures of me before and at the flag raising and a copy of the front page of the LA Herald-Express dated Feb.24,1945.When he didn't respond...

Many viewers of my websites have been aware of Ray "Doc" Fornof's efforts to have Sgt Raymond Jacobs recognized (officially) for his presence as the radioman in S/Sgt Lou Lowery's (leatherneck) photos of the first flag raising on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima on 23 February 1945. Now, with the recent dedication of the Pacific War Memorial in Hawaii, that has become a reality! For those who don't know--the information is here... http://www.dreamwater.net/gunnyg/firstflag.html The following is, in part, from an e-mail I received from Ray Jacobs today: "You have been so generous with your support and space on your webpages in...