Not a recreation. It was a replacement flag, larger than the first. Read "Flags of Our Fathers" for a good look at the events leading up to The Photograph, and the aftermath. It was written by a man whose father was one of those in the photo.
On Aug 21, 2006, at 3:30 PM, John Francis wrote: > > Joe Rosenthal, probably best-known for his photograph of > (a recreation of) US Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima > died yesterday. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
