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Glassunion

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Reply to Android3.14 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 11:52 AM

Jun 2016

There were two flags raised that day, a second, larger flag one replaced the first one that was raised. The iconic photo was the second flag going up. John Bradley who was misidentified raising the second flag, actually did raise a flag, however he raised the first one.

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Marines say they misidentified one man in iconic 1945 Iwo Jima photo [View all] douglas9 Jun 2016 OP

Does this mean one of the identified men lied? Android3.14 Jun 2016 #1

No. Glassunion Jun 2016 #3

The (much less well-known) first flag-raising . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Jun 2016 #4

My wife's grandfather never talked to the family about the war. Glassunion Jun 2016 #9

From the way it was depicted in the movie, with the flag-raisers recreating the event, jmg257 Jun 2016 #6

Bradley had been involved in the first flag-raising . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Jun 2016 #8

Original Film Negative JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #2

They both deserve praise, but it's sad he did not receive the adulation (assuming he really cared). Hoyt Jun 2016 #5

According to the linked story . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Jun 2016 #7