"U.S. Marines Reinvestigating Identity Of Man In ..." Topic

…Famous Iwo Jima Photo.

"The Marine Corps is investigating whether one of the men in an iconic World War II photo taken at Iwo Jima was misidentified, Marine Corps spokeswoman Capt. Sarah Burns confirmed Tuesday.

The investigation comes years after amateur historians Eric Krelle, of Omaha, Neb., and Stephen Foley, of Wexford, Ireland, began raising questions about the identity of one of the men in the photograph, The Omaha World-Herald reported. The photo was taken on Feb. 23, 1945, by Associated Press photographer Joe Resenthal, and showed a group of men raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi, on the Japanese Island of Iwo Jima.

The duo alleges that the man identified as John Bradley, a Navy corpsman, was actually Harold Henry Schultz of Detroit, who passed away in 1995, AP reported…"
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I saw James Bradley was on the news last night. Apparently the confusion arose from the two different flag raisings. His father was part of the group that raised the first,smaller flag.

His son says his father was not in the photo but was in the first flag raising. Live a Mile or two from where he went to high school.

I went to a presentation Eric did at the Marine Memorial Hotel in SF a few years ago during a gathering of Iwo Jima vets. He gave a pretty compelling presentation and came across very knowledgeable. He said he was not getting much cooperation from the current military infrastructure. I came away believing there are some facts that he does have.

Wolfhag