Gunny G: That Flag On Suribachi – Japanese Witness Tells His Story…. « ~ The GUNNY “G” BLOG & E-MAIL ~

Japanese Iwo Jima eyewitness tells it in his own words

MSN Japan News Manichi ^ | 20 February 2007 | As IndicatedPosted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:05:59 AM by gunnyg

“On the morning of February 23, he saw the first U.S. flag go up on Suribachi’s peak, followed shortly thereafter by the second, larger flag, the raising of which was immortalized at 1/400th second in Rosenthal’s famous photograph. Akikusa’s descriptions up to this point correspond completely to American accounts of the event. But what followed afterward appears to contradict the official U.S. Naval version of the battle.

The following morning, as Akikusa relates in his book, “It was not the Stars & Stripes, but the Nissho-ki Japanese Sun flag that was waving.

 

Even though the peak was the target of attack from every direction on the island, I thought how hard they must have fought, and tears naturally came to my eyes. The valiant fighters were defending Mt. Suribachi to the death.”

via Gunny G: That Flag On Suribachi – Japanese Witness Tells His Story…. « ~ The GUNNY “G” BLOG & E-MAIL ~.

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