From the June 24, 2016, Chicago Tribune by Scott McFetridge, AP.
One of the six men in that famous photograph of the raising of the American flag at the summit of Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima was not actually in the image. The Marine Corps announced this June 23 after conducting an investigation prompted by the claims of two amateur historians.
The Marines formed a review committee after the two historians studied a number of photos of the two flag-raisings. They claimed that the famous photo by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal included mistakes and after reviewing, the Marine Corps agreed.
The Marine panel found that Pfc Harold Schultz, of Detroit, was in the photograph and that Navy Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class John Bradley wasn't.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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