The US Marine Corps said it misidentified another one of the six men featured in the iconic World War II photo of a flag being raised over Iwo Jima.
The famous 1945 photo taken by Joe Rosenthal depicts six US Marines hoisting an American flag over the battle-scarred Japanese island.On Thursday, the Marine Corps announced that the Marine pictured on the far side of the flag pole, with only his helmet visible, is Cpl. Harold P. Keller.The Marine was originally identified as Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, but new evidence from historians helped determine that while Gagnon contributed to the flag raising, he wasn't actually pictured.
The historians provided a considerable amount of new evidence, mostly dozens of previously private photographs, the Marine Corps said. A board was formed to assess the new evidence and the FBI to helped to assess the contents of the photos, the statement said. The board concluded that the historical record needed to be changed.The other instanceThursday's announcement wasn't the first amendment made to the identity of those in the famous photo.
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