LTCOL MATT MORGAN, USMC (ret): producing “The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima” for the Smithsonian Channel
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STEPHEN FOLEY: an amateur Irish historian, on disability leave, leads the Marine Corps to the stunning renaming of the participants in the iconic Joe Rosenthal picture of the second flag raising on Iwo Jima
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Why I believe John “Doc” Bradley knew he wasn’t in the Joe Rosenthal “Iwo Jima Flag Raising” image and why he would have kept it to himself
As promised, the original story in the Omaha World-Herald is here along with the outstanding graphic evidence (that is magnifiable) that was used by amateur historians to convince the United States Marine Corps to investigate whether the identities of the “Flag Raisers” were accurate.
Navy Corpsman John Bradley
February 23, 1945
1st Flag Raising
2nd Flag Raising
Original Flag Raisers, Doc Bradley included
2nd Flag Raising
Corrected Flag Raisers, PFC Harold Schultz included
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“Innovation” is the theme of the February issue of the Marine Corps Gazette — Iwo Jima, Khe Sanh & Hue in the pages of the Gazette archives
We’ll talk about the theme of “Innovation” in the February 2018 edition of the Marine Corps Gazette with the Editor & Publisher Col Chris Woodbridge, USMC (ret).
With the anniversaries of epic Marine Corps battles such as Iwo Jima, Hue and Khe Sanh this month, we’ll also talk to Chris about the literary treasure trove that resides in the digital archives of the Gazette.
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DOD Headlines — Iwo Jima news report from D+3 — Cpl Woody Williams discusses his Medal of Honor on Iwo Jima
GySgt John Basilone, USMC
Grave marker
5th Marine Division Cemetery
Iwo Jima
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AS IT HAPPENED: seventy-three years after the landing on Iwo Jima we listen to reports and audio from February 19, 1945
Island X (Iwo Jima)
February 19, 1945
Seventy-three years ago today Marines and Sailors went ashore on the island of Iwo Jima, the audio record is incredible from reporters observing from battleships, to reporters embedded with Marine infantry units in the landing to USMC Combat Correspondents filing reports from the battlefield.
Most unique in the audio you’ll hear is audio from A Company, 4th Tank Battalion as they fight ashore, engaging the Japanese and as they seek a way off the beach in order to support the infantry assault on Air Field #1.
You’ll also hear network audio as the major networks broke into “regular programming” to update the American public on progress on an island they had never heard of: Iwo Jima, which all knew was on the doorstep of mainland Japan.
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