Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can never understand why some of these rectal orfice's have to continue questioning the flag raising. Certainly when anyone with an ounce of brains knows heavy fighting was still going on and that working on the top of the hill trying to put it up became an ideal target for the Japanese. Think about it. If the Marines could see them, wouldn't one think the enemy could see them also? And to suggest they re-enacted it for the sake of a news photo is beyond comprehention, particularly if one has been under fire, as photojournalist or soldier. By the way, before you ask, I have! It's a shame this incredible photo made under the heat of battle must be questioned at all. And I don't know why it has to be constantly explained to dummies who have not thought about the "battle scene" at the time. Like this wasn't John Wayne on the movie screen, this was "real time" action and lots of Marines died for real! And yes, lots of Japanese also. Accept it for what it is; an incredible photo anyone of us would love to be the photographer with equal success under the circumstance. ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant