'Flags of Our Fathers' Author Now Doubts His Father Was in Iwo Jima Photo

[David]

New doubts have emerged about the iconic image of U.S. Marines raising a flag over Iwo Jima in World War II

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 5:53 PM EDT

The identity of an American serviceman in one of the most iconic photographs of World War II, the raising of the American flag over Iwo Jima, has been called into question by his son, who wrote a best-selling book that memorialized his father's role.

James Bradley, the author of "Flags of Our Fathers," said in an interview Tuesday that he no longer believed that his father, John Bradley, a Navy corpsman, was one of the six men who have been long identified in the photograph.

The whole story at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/us/iwo-jima-marines-bradley.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima

 

[PeoplesElbow]

They found that the pants, headgear and cartridge belt on the Navy corpsman identified as John Bradley were different from the gear he wore that day.

Hell I couldn't tell you what I wore to work yesterday and I didn't have anyone shooting at me.

 

[stgislander]

I guess it's possible the Navy Corpsman was involved in the first flag raising, and not the more famous second.