Robb, shut the fuck up. If you read the history the area where this flag was put was hardly pacified and those raising it could have come under fire at any time. It was a rallying action, done for moral so that the poor bastards still being slaughtered in well designed crossfires would have hope, of victory and survival. The original flag was too small to be seen from the rest of the island. You sir can be a turd and you keep proving it. The men who did it paid a high price and I doubt they thought it was done for propaganda. Where as you seem to be a font of it.
William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Sessoms" > Subject: Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa! > > > > >>>> I suspect many people just missed the reference because he's so often >>>> billed as "W.Eugene Smith". One of Life magazines most famous shooters >>>> and responsible for some of its best known photos. >>>> >>>> >>> My parents never subscribed to it, so while familiar with the magazine >>> LIFE, I wouldn't likely know much about photographers that pre-date me >>> by half a century. I'm sure I've seen his photos though. >>> > > >> He was the *other* photographer on Iwo Jima with the Marines in 1945 ... >> the guy Rosenthal beat to the top of the hill. >> >> > > I don't think W.Eugene Smith was even there. I've never seen him mentioned > as part of that picture, which was, for all intents, a staged propoganda > shot, being the second flag raising done that morning on Mt. Surbachi. > > William Robb > > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
