[pendennis]

I saw this story link run on USA Today.

I've seen a couple of TV documentaries, along with several articles on the web. From the stories, people who investigated found a lot of details which seem to prove the point.

Evidently PFC Harold Schultz was the "sixth man" depicted in Joe Rosenthal's historic photo. The article states that PhM2 John Bradley had participated in in the first flag raising, but not the second.

Harold Schultz lived his life in relative obscurity, perhaps only mentioning his participation as "being there". Typical of the modesty of "The Greatest Generation. Somehow, "Thank You" still doesn't seem enough.

http://www.usatoday.com/search/iwo jima/

 

[joew2111]

I read the following related to Harold Schultz.
" Schultz's stepdaughter, Dezreen MacDowell, told The New York Times that he had once quietly claimed in the 1990s to have been an Iwo Jima flag-raiser, but otherwise never spoke of it.
"My mom was distracted and not listening and Harold said, 'I was one of the flag raisers,'" MacDowell recalled. "I said, 'My gosh, Harold, you're a hero.' He said, 'No, I was a Marine.'"

This too sounds typical of someone from "the greatest generation".

Other than Bradley and Schultz, only two of the 6 that raised the 2nd flag left Iwo Jima alive. Those two, Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon, may or may not have even realized that it was someone other than Bradley that raised the 2nd flag with them.
I am happy for the family of Harold Schultz that he is now being recognized but, to me, it really doesn't matter, as they were ALL "heros".
Semper Fi

 

[XXIV Corps]

I read that a few hours ago.


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