Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely no intention to demean anybody. Just took it from Wikipedia which talks of "American troops" in one article* and of "five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman" in another**. But originally I just intended to post about Joe Rosenthal's passing. Didier * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rosenthal ** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima >And all of the Marines out there thank you. >Jay > >>Saying "U.S. troops" is much the same as calling HCB's tools of choice >>small format cameras. Accurate, but almost a bit demeaning. The U.S. >>troops on Mt. Suribachi were Marines, a big difference. :-) >>Walt >> >>> Joe Rosenthal, 1911-2006 >>> He shot the iconic war image of US troops raising the flag at Iwo Jima >>> in 1945.