I had a friend from the news papers that I met when I just started shooting video (16mm film in those days). He always seemed to get in my shots but he was a swell old guy with a wonderful laugh. His name was Joe Rosenthal. We talked many times but he never mentioned that he was the guy that shot the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. Another news paper photographer told me. I had no idea. Years later when I was producing and shooting a weekly history show called "My Twentieth Century" a project fell through at the last minute. I called Joe and told him he had to do an interview with us. He said he didn't do interviews anymore. I told him he owed it to me for getting in so many of my shots. We did his last interview before he died. He was kind enough to sign a print of his shot. It hangs in our living room today.
To all you vets out there, Thanks. Don Army RA 19838091 1965-1968
