Wisconsin's John Bradley NOT in Iwo Jima photo

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Growing up near Appleton I always heard that John Bradley was one of the flag raisers. After investigation it turns out he was not in the famous photo:

To be clear:

  1. Bradley risked his life under fire to save the life of a Marine at the base of the mountain who was caught in the open under heavy Japanese fire. While still under and exposed to enemy fire, and in order to save the lives of other Marines who were willing to expose themselves under fire to bring back the wounded Marine, Bradley brought the wounded Marine to safety himself. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions.

  2. He was at both of the flag raisings

  3. He tried not to make a big deal out of it

Brian

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Both? The real one plus the remake? Don’t care if he wasn’t in the second. The first is what counts.

FTR: The first.

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He was in the first. He was not in the staged reshoot that seems to be the one people are excitedly taking away his credit for. What a cheap shot.

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What annoys the snot out of me is that HLN Morning Express keeps referring to the flag-raising by “members of the US military.” THEY’RE FUCKING UNITED STATES MARINES, God-dammit! Not members of some lesser branch. Give them the respect they deserve.

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snerk Jarheads are all the same. :wink:

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Bolding mine. Sounds like something a Gyrene would say.

Baker, US Army, 1974-1977 98G2LKP

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Bradley wasn’t a Marine. He was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman attached to the Marines.

Often the medics serving with Marine Units are actually Navy Corpsmen.

That’s no doubt why they used the more general term.

And cracks about “some lesser branch” are not appreciated. My father was in the US Navy at Iwo Jima. (In fact, he served on the ship where the photo was developed.)

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Before you start banning people, it’s not that he’s a Marine. Allowances must be made for people who volunteer to be that way. :wink:

dropzone, USAF brat who figured out early that Our Uncle’s plans for me in '72 had little in common with mine.

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Marines are part of the US Military. I tire of Marine self-worship and greater than all others BS.