Honor Flight The Movie

fireftr18 · 02-27-15, 10:03 AM

70 years ago, the flag at Iwo Jima went up. Harvey was there and his take puts it all in perspective.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...180992&fref=nf

Aktungbby · 02-27-15, 01:56 PM

Let's never forget ALL the names.

HOWEVER:

Raising the First Flag on Iwo Jima by SSgt. Louis R. Lowery, USMC, is the most widely circulated photograph of the first flag flown on Mt. Suribachi. The Marines and Navy corpsman in SSgt. Lowery's photograph were photographed after 1Lt. Harold Schrier (3rd platoon commander, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division), Sgt. Ernest Thomas (platoon sergeant), and Sgt. Henry Hansen (platoon guide) had raised the first pipe and flag on Mount Suribachi.[7] Left to right: 1Lt. Harold Schrier (crouched behind radioman's legs), Pfc. Raymond Jacobs (radioman assigned from F Company), Sgt. Henry "Hank" Hansen (cloth cap, securing flag pipe with left hand), Platoon Sgt. Ernest "Boots" Thomas (seated), Pvt. Phil Ward (helmeted, securing flag pipe with both hands), PhM2c John Bradley, USN (helmeted, securing the flag pipe with right hand, standing above Pvt. Ward), Pfc. James Michels (holding Carbine rifle), and Cpl. Charles W. Lindberg (standing above Michels). Neither the iconic Rosenthal photo nor this one were 'staged' PFC Michels is seriously on alert and SGT Hanson's bayonet is 'fixed' ready for whatever...

of additional interest: http://collectinghistory.net/iwojima/

One goes up (for posterity) one comes down...

Stealhead · 02-27-15, 07:47 PM

The fact that Iwo Jima was still a very hostile area can be confirmed by the fact that several of the flag raisers where later killed or injured.

Jimbuna · 02-28-15, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

The fact that Iwo Jima was still a very hostile area can be confirmed by the fact that several of the flag raisers where later killed or injured.

Rgr that

02-27-15, 10:03 AM	#1
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Honor Flight The Movie 70 years ago, the flag at Iwo Jima went up. Harvey was there and his take puts it all in perspective. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...180992&fref=nf __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

02-27-15, 01:56 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,001 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	GOOD STUFF: but on the nature of propaganda-a bigger flag! Let's never forget ALL the names.HOWEVER:Raising the First Flag on Iwo Jima by SSgt. Louis R. Lowery, USMC, is the most widely circulated photograph of the first flag flown on Mt. Suribachi. The Marines and Navy corpsman in SSgt. Lowery's photograph were photographed after 1Lt. Harold Schrier (3rd platoon commander, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division), Sgt. Ernest Thomas (platoon sergeant), and Sgt. Henry Hansen (platoon guide) had raised the first pipe and flag on Mount Suribachi.[7] Left to right: 1Lt. Harold Schrier (crouched behind radioman's legs), Pfc. Raymond Jacobs (radioman assigned from F Company), Sgt. Henry "Hank" Hansen (cloth cap, securing flag pipe with left hand), Platoon Sgt. Ernest "Boots" Thomas (seated), Pvt. Phil Ward (helmeted, securing flag pipe with both hands), PhM2c John Bradley, USN (helmeted, securing the flag pipe with right hand, standing above Pvt. Ward), Pfc. James Michels (holding Carbine rifle), and Cpl. Charles W. Lindberg (standing above Michels). Neither the iconic Rosenthal photo nor this one were 'staged' PFC Michels is seriously on alert and SGT Hanson's bayonet is 'fixed' ready for whatever... of additional interest: http://collectinghistory.net/iwojima/ One goes up (for posterity) one comes down... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-27-15, 07:47 PM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The fact that Iwo Jima was still a very hostile area can be confirmed by the fact that several of the flag raisers where later killed or injured.