FROM THE VAULT: Matt Morgan answers questions after we watched “The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima”

by | Feb 24, 2018 | History, Iwo Jima, US Marine Corps

PFC Harold Schultz, USMC
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima

2nd Flag Raising

July 5, 2016

LtCol Matt Morgan, USMC (ret) answers our questions after we watched his documentary “The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima” that was shown on The Smithsonian Channel on July 3, 2016.

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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

by | Feb 23, 2018 | History, Iwo Jima, US Marine Corps

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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