I read the 'Flags of our fathers" book on the way to New Zealand/Australia last fall. I believe it was the basis for the Clint Eastwood directed movie of the same name. It was written by the son of an undertaker/funeral home director from central Wisconsin (Appelton?). He raised a family of 6 and never spoke about the flag raising after the original publicity tour they sent him on to raise money to pay for the war. His son only came to know about it because of his curosity about the medals he discovered in an old box in the spare room of his dad's office. Annually on the anniversary of the event, the media would call looking for his comments. The family was instructed to tell them he had gone fishing and couldn't be reached. He shunned all publicity after the initial war bond tours. The 3 who came home to do the war bond tours survived. I believe the others died in later actions. It was a story that touched me as my dad was in the army preparing to invade Japan. Regards, Bob S.
On 7/22/07, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill, > I think you would enjoy reading 'Flags of our fathers'. > It's far from a propoganda book on the subject. > It's written by a son of the last survivor, > as he tried to understand why dad never spoke of it. > Regards, Bob S. > > On 7/22/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Sessoms" > > Subject: Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa! > > > > > > > > >>> I suspect many people just missed the reference because he's so often > > >>> billed as "W.Eugene Smith". One of Life magazines most famous shooters > > >>> and responsible for some of its best known photos. > > >>> > > >> My parents never subscribed to it, so while familiar with the magazine > > >> LIFE, I wouldn't likely know much about photographers that pre-date me > > >> by half a century. I'm sure I've seen his photos though. > > > > > He was the *other* photographer on Iwo Jima with the Marines in 1945 ... > > > the guy Rosenthal beat to the top of the hill. > > > > > > > I don't think W.Eugene Smith was even there. I've never seen him mentioned > > as part of that picture, which was, for all intents, a staged propoganda > > shot, being the second flag raising done that morning on Mt. Surbachi. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
