Bradley also wrote Flyboys: A True Story of Courage, which I highly recommend:
https://www.amazon.com/Flyboys-Story-Courage-James-Bradley/dp/031610728X Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 5:51 PM Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> wrote: > John Bradley was the Navy corpsman embedded with the Marines in that > photo. He survived Iwo Jima and the war, and returned home to Antigo, > Wisconsin where he ran a funeral home until his death. He never spoke of > his war experiences, including the flag raising, and his family wasn't > aware of his having been awarded a Purple Heart and the Navy Cross until > finding them after his death. His son James wrote a book, "Flags of Our > Fathers", about the flag raising and chronicled the lives of the flag > raisers. It was later made into a movie directed by Clint Eastwood. > > -p > > On 2/23/2019 3:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > 1945 > > U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima > > http://www.iwojima.com/raising/raisingb.htm > > https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=350 > > > > - > > - > > > > During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd > Platoon, E > > Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest > of > > Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, > and > > raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and > > recorded the event. American soldiers fighting for control of Suribachi’s > > slopes cheered the raising of the flag, and several hours later more > > Marines headed up to the crest with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a > > photographer with the Associated Press, met them along the way and > recorded > > the raising of the second flag along with a Marine still photographer > and a > > motion-picture cameraman. > > > > Rosenthal took three photographs atop Suribachi. The first, which showed > > five Marines and one Navy corpsman struggling to hoist the heavy flag > pole, > > became the most reproduced photograph in history and won him a Pulitzer > > Prize. The accompanying motion-picture footage attests to the fact that > the > > picture was not posed. Of the other two photos, the second was similar to > > the first but less affecting, and the third was a group picture of 18 > > soldiers smiling and waving for the camera. Many of these men, including > > three of the six soldiers seen raising the flag in the famous Rosenthal > > photo, were killed before the conclusion of the Battle for Iwo Jima in > late > > March. > > > > By March 3, U.S. forces controlled all three airfields on the island, and > > on March 26 the last Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima were wiped out. Only > > 200 of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders were captured alive. More > > than 6,000 Americans died taking Iwo Jima, and some 17,000 were wounded. > > > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > Paul Sorenson > Studio1941 > > Sooner or later "different" scares people. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
