Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:10 AM 9/16/1999 -0600, George Huczek wrote: >It may be better to state that the second flag raising was a _reenactment_ >of an earlier raising which used a smaller flag. Well, I would still dispute this terminology. "Re-enactment" implies, in US English, anyway, that it was done for the purpose of recreating an earlier event, generally for publicity purposes. To the contrary, there were two separate flag-raisings, the second being done for sound military purposes (so the troops down below could SEE the larger flag!) and not to allow the press photographers to get another go at taking pictures. The folks at the top -- including Rosenthal! -- were under fire during both raisings, incidentally. I would hate to believe that someone thinks the Marines would risk their men's lives just to get a great picture, or that a photographer of the caliber of Rosenthal would have participated in such. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!