In Passing: Last Marine In Iwo Jima Flag Photo Dies In Redding, CA
Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last living Marine photographed during the original flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died. He was 82.More here.
Jacobs died Jan. 29 of natural causes at a Redding hospital, his daughter, Nancy Jacobs, told The Associated Press.
Jacobs spent his later years working to prove that he was the radio operator photographed gazing up at the American flag as it was being raised by other Marines over Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945.
Newspaper accounts from the time show he was on the mountain during the initial raising of a smaller American flag, though he had returned to his unit by the time a more famous AP photograph was taken of a flag-raising re-enactment later the same day.
posted by Fergie @ 2/04/2008 08:53:00 PM
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Joseph F Gaspar was the Marine over Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945.
He told his family He new all those men by name during the flag raising. Look It up..
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