You never know.

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Five guys raised the Suribachi flag.
>
> There is no truth to the repeated claim that the picture was "staged." A
> film of the event from a slightly different angle clearly shows them
> nonchalantly sticking the pole in the ground and raising it. Â Joe Rosenthal
> was one of the luckiest lensmen in photographic history.
>
> The rumor may have started because the idea behind the flag raising was to
> replace a smaller flag with one that could be seen from the beach.
> Though many people seem to think otherwise, the picture was not raised under
> fire or as a declaration of victory.
>
> JL
>

Well, IMO, the question is settled.

Thank you, Jon! You've been very helpful.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
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