Many people think that Joe Rosenthal's picture of the flag raising on Mt. Suribachi was staged. What many people do not know is that there were actually two flag raisings that day.
One can see the first flag, that was too small, being replace by the larger flag in the Marine Combat Photographer Bob Campbell's photo:
Now, someone asked if the photo was posed and he replied yes it was, but he thought they were referring to this pic:
Everyone posed for this pic, but not of the second flag raising, which can be seen in the background of the first pic.
One can see the first flag, that was too small, being replace by the larger flag in the Marine Combat Photographer Bob Campbell's photo:
Now, someone asked if the photo was posed and he replied yes it was, but he thought they were referring to this pic:
Everyone posed for this pic, but not of the second flag raising, which can be seen in the background of the first pic.